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Oneida County

Population in July 2007: 287. Population change since 2000: -9.6%
 

Males: 155  (54.1%)
Females: 132  (45.9%)
Median resident age:  43.9 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,815 (it was $40,750 in 2000)
Little Rice:  $48,815
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $132,839 (it was $83,400 in 2000)
Little Rice:  $132,839
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $211,137; Detached houses: $246,895; Mobile homes: $64,803

Little Rice, WI residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Little Rice:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Little Rice: 82.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (43.9%), Polish (18.5%), Irish (10.5%), English (8.3%), French (6.7%), Swedish (6.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1324 feet

Land area: 68.1 square miles.

Population density: 4.2 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Little Rice

  • High school or higher: 82.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
  • Unemployed: 0.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Little Rice town

  • Never married: 18.5%
  • Now married: 62.2%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 12.4%
  • Divorced: 5.8%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.3%
Wisconsin:  3.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Little Rice:  1.5% ($1,240)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eau Claire, WI (126.8 miles , pop. 61,704).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (179.9 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (301.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Lynne, WI (8.5 miles ), Nokomis, WI (8.6 miles ), Wilson, WI (8.8 miles ), Cassian, WI (10.5 miles ), Hazelhurst, WI (12.5 miles ), Bradley, WI (12.5 miles ), Tomahawk, WI (13.6 miles ), Somo, WI (13.8 miles) .

Latitude: 45.64 N, Longitude: 89.84 W

Little Rice household income distribution Little Rice home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: +117 (+59.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Wood products (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Paper (6%)
  • Machinery (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (26%)
  • Accommodation and food services (18%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Paper (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Top executives (11%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Health technologists and technicians (13%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)


Little Rice-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 32% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/25/1950, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 18.5 miles away from the Little Rice town center killed 2 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/27/1984, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 2.8 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 8 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Little Rice:
  • SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; TOMAHAWK, WI)
  • HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; WOODRUFF, WI)
  • GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CTR OF MERRILL (about 31 miles; MERRILL, WI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Little Rice:
  • RHINELANDER-ONEIDA COUNTY (about 27 miles; RHINELANDER, WI; ID: RHI)
  • CENTRAL WISCONSIN (about 62 miles; MOSINEE, WI; ID: CWA)
  • GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY (about 64 miles; IRONWOOD, MI; ID: IWD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Little Rice:
  • TOMAHAWK REGIONAL (about 13 miles; TOMAHAWK, WI; ID: T08)
  • FRANKS (about 20 miles; LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI; ID: 4P5)
  • LAKELAND/NOBLE F. LEE MEMORIAL FIELD (about 22 miles; MINOCQUA-WOODRUFF, WI; ID: ARV)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Little Rice:
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 47 miles; WAUSAU, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,039)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 78 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; FT enrollment: 8,083)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 128 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
  • CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 128 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
  • FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 132 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 136 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)

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Notable location: Little Rice Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Bass Lake (A), Gobler Lake (B), Burrows Lake (C), Lake 31-3 3 (D), Killarney Lake 32 (E), Killarney Lake (F), Willow Reservoir (G), Willow Reservoir 327 (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Oelhafen Creek (A), Little Rice River (B), Brown Creek (C), Bear Creek (D), Clukey Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.3 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  68.1%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  4.3%
Whole state:  5.7%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  4.0%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  1.8%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Little Rice, WI



Little Rice 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.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School






2004 Presidential Election results in Oneida County Wisconsin:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
  • Wood (17%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Electricity (2%)

6.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,742 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.52%
Wisconsin average:  6.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Vilas County, WI  0.72% ($30,750 average AGI)
from Marathon County, WI  0.45% ($59,028)
from Lincoln County, WI  0.34% ($29,778)


6.81% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,778 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.81%
Wisconsin average:  6.22%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Vilas County, WI  0.68% ($32,266 average AGI)
to Marathon County, WI  0.48% ($43,039)
to Dane County, WI  0.32% ($33,353)


Strongest AM radio stations in Little Rice:
  • WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WJJQ (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJMT (730 AM; 1 kW; MERRILL, WI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLBL (930 AM; 5 kW; AUBURNDALE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)

Strongest FM radio stations in Little Rice:
  • WMQA-FM (95.9 FM; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJJQ-FM (92.5 FM; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
  • WHBM-FM (90.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)

TV broadcast stations around Little Rice:
  • WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W02CF (Channel 2; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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