Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

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Population in July 2008: 26,572. Population change since 2000: +14.8%

Males: 12,756	(48.0%)
Females: 13,816	(52.0%)

Median resident age:	42.7 years
Wisconsin median age:	36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $56,517 (it was $52,869 in 2000)

Mount Pleasant:	$56,517
Wisconsin:	$50,578

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $31,486

Mount Pleasant:	$31,486
Wisconsin:	$25,993

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $209,564 (it was $128,300 in 2000)

Mount Pleasant:	$209,564
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $233,831; Detached houses: $250,273; Townhouses or other attached units: $178,112; In 2-unit structures: $240,986; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $185,569; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $112,017; Mobile homes: $66,941

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Races in Mount Pleasant:

White Non-Hispanic (86.4%)
Black (6.4%)
Hispanic (5.0%)
Other race (1.8%)
Two or more races (1.1%)
American Indian (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Mount Pleasant: 85.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (38.0%), Irish (10.2%), Danish (9.1%), English (8.6%), Polish (8.1%), Italian (6.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 34.9 square miles.

Population density: 761 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Mount Pleasant

High school or higher: 86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 9.1%
Unemployed: 4.1%
Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant town

Never married: 21.9%
Now married: 62.2%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 7.4%
Divorced: 7.9%

930 residents are foreign born (2.2% Europe, 0.9% Asia, 0.8% Latin America).

This town:	4.0%
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:

Mount Pleasant:	2.0% ($2,589)
Wisconsin:	2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Racine, WI (2.6 miles , pop. 81,855).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (24.3 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (60.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Elmwood Park, WI (1.4 miles ), Sturtevant, WI (1.6 miles ), Racine, WI (1.6 miles ), Franksville, WI (2.1 miles ), North Bay, WI (2.3 miles ), Caledonia, WI (2.4 miles ), Somers, WI (2.5 miles ), Wind Point, WI (2.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 92 buildings, average cost: $148,100
1997: 119 buildings, average cost: $155,100
1998: 105 buildings, average cost: $170,800
1999: 125 buildings, average cost: $158,800
2000: 106 buildings, average cost: $164,900
2001: 131 buildings, average cost: $182,600
2002: 148 buildings, average cost: $189,800
2003: 286 buildings, average cost: $178,800
2005: 304 buildings, average cost: $198,300
2006: 172 buildings, average cost: $213,300
2007: 200 buildings, average cost: $190,800
2008: 73 buildings, average cost: $210,600

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 42.71 N, Longitude: 87.85 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 262

Mount Pleasant household income distribution

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Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):

Machinery (10%)
Chemicals (9%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Construction (7%)
Public administration (4%)
Educational services (4%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (19%)
Educational services (15%)
Machinery (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Chemicals (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)

Crime in Mount Pleasant by Year
Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	3	1	6	9	3	3	2	2	1
per 100,000	13.0	4.3	25.7	38.3	12.3	12.0	7.8	7.7	3.8
Robberies	13	18	15	13	11	11	12	9	16
per 100,000	56.3	77.5	64.4	55.4	45.3	44.0	47.0	34.5	61.0
Assaults	13	13	9	12	6	2	11	11	14
per 100,000	56.3	55.9	38.6	51.1	24.7	8.0	43.1	42.2	53.4
Burglaries	90	125	99	82	87	120	137	104	151
per 100,000	390.0	537.9	424.8	349.3	357.9	479.8	537.0	398.6	575.5
Thefts	554	496	505	571	502	585	559	678	623
per 100,000	2401.0	2134.4	2166.7	2432.3	2065.1	2339.2	2191.0	2598.3	2374.5
Auto thefts	40	41	43	35	28	37	31	26	30
per 100,000	173.4	176.4	184.5	149.1	115.2	147.9	121.5	99.6	114.3
Arson	4	2	3	4	N/A	6	2	2	2
per 100,000	17.3	8.6	12.9	17.0	N/A	24.0	7.8	7.7	7.6
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	175.8	175.0	187.4	191.2	145.3	171.4	163.9	164.7	176.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 48 (37 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.39
US city average:	3.00

Mount Pleasant-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Wisconsin state average. It is 58% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/28/1972, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 23.5 miles away from the Mount Pleasant town center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/27/1984, a category 4 tornado 31.1 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 14 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pleasant:

ALL SAINTS ST MARYS MED CTR 96 (about 2 miles; RACINE, WI)
ALL SAINTS ST LUKES HOSPITAL 94 (about 3 miles; RACINE, WI)
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WI-KENOSHA (about 11 miles; KENOSHA, WI)

Amtrak station near Mount Pleasant:

3 miles: STURTEVANT (2904 WISCONSIN ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Local government website: WWW.GORACINE.ORG

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Pleasant:

GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 8 miles; KENOSHA, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,575)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE (about 14 miles; KENOSHA, WI; FT enrollment: 3,945)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE (about 22 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 18,994)
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,589)
MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 24 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 7,048)
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (about 24 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,093)
CARROLL COLLEGE (about 27 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)

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Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Wisconsin:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	68.9%
Whole state:	66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.8%
Whole state:	5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	4.3%
Whole state:	8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	1.7%
Whole state:	3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mount Pleasant, WI

People in group quarters in Mount Pleasant

315 people in nursing homes
66 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Mount Pleasant compared to Wisconsin state average:

Median age above state average.
House age below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Racine County Wisconsin:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (75%) Electricity (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Religion statistics for Mount Pleasant

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Lutheran Church	United Methodist Church	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Adherents	58.1%	14.2%	6.5%	3.8%	3.5%
Congregations	14.2%	13.5%	10.6%	9.9%	5.7%

Name	Armenian Apostolic Church/Catholicossate Etchmiadzin	Salvation Army	Assemblies of God	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	9.7%
Congregations	0.7%	0.7%	3.5%	2.1%	39.0%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	6	$32,207	$64,414	7	$4,384
Other Government Administration	7	$26,260	$45,017	0	$0
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		2	$2,132
Police Protection - Officers	37	$195,653	$63,455	0	$0
Police - Other	12	$40,231	$40,231	0	$0
Firefighters	47	$285,365	$72,859	0	$0
Fire - Other	1	$3,062	$36,744	0	$0
Streets and Highways	11	$49,512	$54,013	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	1	$6,011	$72,132	0	$0
Sewerage	6	$26,674	$53,348	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	1	$2,980	$35,760	3	$2,420
Other and Unallocable	2	$9,252	$55,512	1	$627
Totals for Government	131	$677,207	$62,034	13	$9,563

Mount Pleasant government finances in 2006:

Charges - Sewerage: $4,724,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,004,000

All Other: $796,000

Regular Highways: $571,000

Parks and Recreation: $328,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $3,539,000
General - Other: $200,000

Sewerage: $35,000

Parks and Recreation: $34,000

Health - Other: $23,000
Current Operations - Sewerage: $4,102,000
Health - Other: $4,011,000

Police Protection: $3,968,000

Solid Waste Management: $1,879,000

Regular Highways: $1,393,000

Local Fire Protection: $1,287,000

Central Staff Services: $768,000

Financial Administration: $481,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $172,000

Parks and Recreation: $135,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $130,000

Transit Utilities: $115,000

General - Other: $49,000

General Public Buildings: $41,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $18,000
General - Interest on Debt: $2,090,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $2,061,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $137,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,370,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $667,000
Fines and Forfeits: $297,000

Special Assessments: $157,000

Sale of Property: $34,000

General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,720,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $10,090,000

Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,000,000
Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $624,000
Police Protection: $129,000

Central Staff Services: $123,000
Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $34,890,000
Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $724,000
State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,782,000
Highways: $814,000

All Other: $786,000
Tax - Property: $11,174,000
Other License: $722,000

Occupation and Business License, NEC: $437,000

Other Selective Sales: $158,000

NEC: $8,000
Total Salaries and Wages: $7,469,000

5.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,372 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.28%
Wisconsin average:	6.06%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($245 average AGI)
Racine County: 0.05%
Wisconsin average: 0.08%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Milwaukee County, WI	1.52% ($48,734 average AGI)
from Kenosha County, WI	0.94% ($38,913)
from Waukesha County, WI	0.39% ($55,030)

5.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($53,510 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.63%
Wisconsin average:	6.22%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($242 average AGI)
Racine County: 0.04%
Wisconsin average: 0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Milwaukee County, WI	1.17% ($37,956 average AGI)
to Kenosha County, WI	0.73% ($38,998)
to Waukesha County, WI	0.37% ($53,839)

Strongest AM radio stations in Mount Pleasant:

WRJN (1400 AM; 1 kW; RACINE, WI; Owner: RACINE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WBJX (1460 AM; 1 kW; RACINE, WI)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WMCS (1290 AM; 5 kW; GREENFIELD, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WOKY (920 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WEMP (1250 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mount Pleasant:

WEZY (92.1 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: RACINE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WEXT (104.7 FM; STURTEVANT, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WKKV-FM (100.7 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WIIL (95.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WWDV (96.9 FM; ZION, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WJZI (93.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WMIL-FM (106.1 FM; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKTI-FM (94.5 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WUWM (89.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
WLTQ (97.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WXSS (103.7 FM; WAUWATOSA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WKLH (96.5 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: LAKEFRONT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WGTD (91.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
WMWK (88.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WLUM-FM (102.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WVCY-FM (107.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WFZH (105.3 FM; MUKWONAGO, WI; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMYX-FM (99.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WRIT-FM (95.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLZR (102.9 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: LAKEFRONT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Mount Pleasant:

WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
W64CQ (Channel 64; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WMVT (Channel 36; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WCGV-TV (Channel 24; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WCGV LICENSEE, LLC)
WISN-TV (Channel 12; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WISN HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WDJT-TV (Channel 58; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WDJT-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTMJ-TV (Channel 4; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WVTV (Channel 18; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WVTV LICENSEE, INC.)
WMLW-CA (Channel 46; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W63CU (Channel 63; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WVCY-TV (Channel 30; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WMKE-CA (Channel 7; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: KM LPTV OF MILWAUKEE, L.L.C.)
W34CK (Channel 34; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: FIRST UNITED, INC.)
WITI (Channel 6; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WITI LICENSE,INC.)
WGBO-TV (Channel 66; JOLIET, IL; Owner: WGBO LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WPWR-TV (Channel 50; GARY, IN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WTAS-LP (Channel 43; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WAUKESHA TOWER ASSOCIATES)

Mount Pleasant fatal accident list:
Jul 13, 2007 07:41 AM, Sr-20, Lat: 42.719461, Lon: -87.866336, Vehicles: 3, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 15
Total length: 56 meters (184ft)
Total costs: $737,000
Total average daily traffic: 352,485
Total average daily truck traffic: 30,420

New bridges - Historical Statistics

1940-1949: 1
1950-1959: 4
1960-1969: 3
1970-1979: 5
1980-1989: 2

See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Mount Pleasant, WI

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Marin Fettman, 2121 Ole Davidson (Ml54267c), Type: Tower, Structure height: 19.8 m, Overall height: 19.8 m, , Licensee ID: L00130191
Registrant: T-Mobile Central LLC (F/K/A Voicestream Pcs I, LLC), 12920 S.E. 38th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006, Phone: (425) 383-4000, Email:
Lisa M Minney, 5720 Taylor Avenue, Type: Tower, Structure height: 75.3 m, Overall height: 82.9 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 2

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