Leon, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: +12.3%
Males: 740 | (51.4%) |
Females: 699 | (48.6%) |
Median resident age: | 49.6 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Leon: | $61,169 |
WI: | $67,125 |
Estimated per capita income in 2021: $35,150 (it was $18,445 in 2000)
Leon town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $195,637 (it was $94,100 in 2000)
Leon: | $195,637 |
WI: | $230,700 |
Mean prices in 2021: all housing units: $183,497; detached houses: $191,250; townhouses or other attached units: $179,192; in 2-unit structures: $205,821; mobile homes: $55,823
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Leon, WI
- 1,40897.8%White alone
- 181.3%Hispanic
- 80.6%American Indian alone
- 20.1%Black alone
- 20.1%Asian alone
- 10.07%Two or more races
Races in Leon detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Latest news from Leon, WI collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Ancestries: German (51.9%), Polish (11.7%), English (9.5%), Irish (8.4%), Norwegian (5.1%), Danish (4.6%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Elevation: 783 feet
Land area: 36.0 square miles.
Population density: 40 people per square mile (very low).
25 residents are foreign born
This town: | 2.0% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Leon town: | 1.5% ($1,396) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Oshkosh, WI (26.2 miles , pop. 62,916).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (74.1 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (172.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 44.12 N, Longitude: 89.06 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 920
Here: | 3.3% |
Wisconsin: | 2.5% |
- Health care (9.8%)
- Construction (9.4%)
- Transportation equipment (5.7%)
- Educational services (5.5%)
- Public administration (4.5%)
- Metal & metal products (4.5%)
- Accommodation & food services (4.0%)
- Construction (16.4%)
- Transportation equipment (8.2%)
- Public administration (5.7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (4.9%)
- Metal & metal products (4.4%)
- Machinery (4.4%)
- Truck transportation (4.1%)
- Health care (18.3%)
- Educational services (10.8%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.5%)
- Finance & insurance (6.2%)
- Textile mills & textile products (4.6%)
- Metal & metal products (4.6%)
- U. S. Postal service (4.2%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (8.5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6.5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6.3%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3.9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3.7%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10.9%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (9.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5.5%)
- Carpenters (5.2%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (4.4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.6%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (8.5%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7.2%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (5.9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4.6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (3.6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3.6%)
Average climate in Leon, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Leon-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Wisconsin state average. It is 50% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/3/1956, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 13.8 miles away from the Leon town center killed 7 people and injured 50 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 4/27/1984, a category F4 tornado 15.8 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 19 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Leon-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 1% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 184.0 miles away from the city center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 396.6 miles away from Leon center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 371.4 miles away from Leon center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 396.7 miles away from the city center
On 5/2/2015 at 16:23:07, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 2.8 mi) earthquake occurred 224.8 miles away from the city center
On 2/10/2010 at 09:59:35, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 151.4 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Waushara County (8) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Leon:
- WILD ROSE MANOR (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; WILD ROSE, WI)
- WILD ROSE COM MEM HOSPITAL, INC Critical Access Hospitals (about 11 miles away; WILD ROSE, WI)
- WILD ROSE COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Hospital, about 11 miles away; WILD ROSE, WI)
- BERLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Critical Access Hospitals (about 12 miles away; BERLIN, WI)
- BETHANY HOME (Nursing Home, about 12 miles away; WAUPACA, WI)
- CHN HOME CARE (Home Health Center, about 12 miles away; BERLIN, WI)
- DAVITA - WAUTOMA DIALYSIS (Dialysis Facility, about 12 miles away; WAUTOMA, WI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Leon:
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (about 27 miles; Oshkosh, WI; Full-time enrollment: 10,637)
- Fox Valley Technical College (about 33 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 5,682)
- Lawrence University (about 35 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 2,821)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (about 38 miles; Stevens Point, WI; FT enrollment: 9,089)
- Moraine Park Technical College (about 40 miles; Fond du Lac, WI; FT enrollment: 3,079)
- Marian University (about 40 miles; Fond Du Lac, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
- Mid-State Technical College (about 41 miles; Wisconsin Rapids, WI; FT enrollment: 2,128)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Sorenson Hillview Jersey Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Pine River Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Pearl Lake (A), Taylor Lake (B), Middle Lake (C), Pine River Millpond 100 (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Carpenter Creek (A), Little Silver Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
This town: | 2.3 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 72.9% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 6.7% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This town: | 7.7% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Leon:
- Never married: 14.6%
- Now married: 69.2%
- Separated: 0.2%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 10.4%
For population 25 years and over in Leon:
- High school or higher: 79.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.8 minutes
Here: | 9.6 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Leon, WI (based on Waushara County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 6,687 | 4 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,305 | 16 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,450 | 20 |
Other | 3 | 1 |
None | 12,051 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Here: | 3.64 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 4.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Waushara County: | 8.50 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.4% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
This county: | 28.1% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Waushara County: | 17.9% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Leon:
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WDUX (800 AM; 5 kW; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WRPN (1600 AM; 5 kW; RIPON, WI)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WISS (1090 AM; daytime; 1 kW; BERLIN, WI; Owner: HOMETOWN BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WTAQ (1360 AM; 10 kW; GREEN BAY, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Leon:
- WAUH (102.3 FM; WAUTOMA, WI; Owner: HOMETOWN BROADCASTING LLC)
- WBJZ (104.7 FM; BERLIN, WI; Owner: CAXAMBAS CORPORATION)
- WAPL-FM (105.7 FM; APPLETON, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPKR (99.5 FM; OMRO, WI; Owner: MIDWEST DIMENSIONS, INC.)
- WDUX-FM (92.7 FM; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WROE (94.3 FM; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTCX (96.1 FM; RIPON, WI; Owner: RADIO B/C LTD PARTNERSHIP)
- WVBO (103.9 FM; WINNECONNE, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Leon:
- WMMF-TV (Channel 68; FOND DU LAC, WI; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF WISCONSIN, A CALIFORNIA LTD PARTNRSHP)
- W24BV (Channel 24; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W66DC (Channel 66; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W64AU (Channel 64; ADAMS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- W23BL (Channel 23; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 2Number of bridges
- 7ft / 2.5mTotal length
- $199,000Total costs
- 2,878Total average daily traffic
- 68Total average daily truck traffic
- 3,164Total future (year 2040) average daily traffic
FCC Registered Antenna Towers:
4- Edward G Roach, W4201 County Road H. (Wi15213-B) (Lat: 44.146444 Lon: -89.093194), Type: 78.0, Structure height: 55137 m, Overall height: 76.2 m, Registrant: Sba Towers V, LLC, Eroach@sbasite.Com, , Boca -Raton, Phone: (561) 995-7670
- Edward G Roach, W4201 County Road H. (Wi15213-B) (Lat: 44.146444 Lon: -89.093194), Type: 78.0, Structure height: 55137 m, Overall height: 76.2 m, Registrant: Sba Towers V, LLC, Eroach@sbasite.Com, , Boca -Raton, Phone: (561) 995-7670
- Edward G Roach, W4201 County Road H. (Wi15213-B) (Lat: 44.146444 Lon: -89.093194), Type: 78.0, Structure height: 55137 m, Overall height: 76.2 m, Registrant: Sba Towers V, LLC, Eroach@sbasite.Com, , Boca -Raton, Phone: (561) 995-7670
- Edward G Roach, W4201 County Road H. (Wi15213-B) (Lat: 44.146444 Lon: -89.093194), Type: 78.0, Structure height: 55137 m, Overall height: 76.2 m, Registrant: Sba Towers V, LLC, Eroach@sbasite.Com, , Boca -Raton, Phone: (561) 995-7670
- 62.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 10.5%Utility gas
- 9.9%Electricity
- 8.1%Wood
- 7.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.6%Solar energy
- 0.6%No fuel used
- 50.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 27.5%Utility gas
- 17.5%Wood
- 5.0%Electricity
Leon compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.