Barron County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Prairie Farm that have no violations reported:
- PIONEER PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 16.5%
(16.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 40.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: |  2.4 people | | Wisconsin: |  2.5 people |
| This village: | 60.3% | | Whole state: | 66.5% |
| This village: | 7.5% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Prairie Farm, WI
36 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Prairie Farm compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median house value below 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.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above 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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Banks with branches in Prairie Farm (2011 data):
- Dairy State Bank: Prairie Farm Branch at 100 Hepburn Street East, branch established on 03/18/1908. Info updated 03/11/2008: Bank assets: $45.8 mil, Deposits: $33.2 mil, headquarters in Rice Lake, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Dairy State Bancorp, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Barron County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Prairie Farm:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.61%
| Here | | 62.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | The Wesleyan Church |
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| Adherents | 33.2% | 31.4% | 9.2% | 7.7% | 3.2% |
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| Congregations | 21.3% | 11.3% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 2.5% |
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| Name | Mennonite Church of God in Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | New Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental Baptists | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 9.5% |
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| Congregations | 3.8% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 32.5% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 8 | Barron County: | 1.76 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 26 | Barron County: | 5.71 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 45 | This county: | 9.88 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Barron County: | 8.5% | | Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Barron County: | 28.2% | | State: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $2,286 | $27,432 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,286 | $27,432 | 0 | $0 |
Prairie Farm government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $31,000 ($62.12)
All Other: $13,000 ($26.05)
Regular Highways: $10,000 ($20.04)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $43,000 ($86.17)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $174,000 ($348.70)
Regular Highways: $57,000 ($114.23)
Parks & Recreation: $20,000 ($40.08)
Solid Waste Management: $17,000 ($34.07)
Fire Protection: $16,000 ($32.06)
Central Staff Services: $14,000 ($28.06)
Police Protection: $7,000 ($14.03)
General - Other: $6,000 ($12.02)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($10.02)
General Public Buildings: $3,000 ($6.01)
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000 ($4.01)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($4.01)
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000 ($4.01)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000 ($8.02)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $42,000 ($84.17)
Interest Earnings: $30,000 ($60.12)
Rents: $13,000 ($26.05)
Special Assessments: $2,000 ($4.01)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $699,000 ($1400.80)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $116,000 ($232.46)
Highways: $33,000 ($66.13)
- Tax - Property: $27,000 ($54.11)
NEC: $5,000 ($10.02)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $60,000 ($120.24)
5.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,452 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.63% | | 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:
5.88% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,839 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.88% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Prairie Farm:
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WXCE (1260 AM; 5 kW; AMERY, WI; Owner: LAKE COUNTRY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WAYY (790 AM; 5 kW; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WIXK (1590 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEW RICHMOND, WI; Owner: WIXK-AM, LLC)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
Strongest FM radio stations in Prairie Farm:
- WHWC (88.3 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WATQ (106.7 FM; CHETEK, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMEQ-FM (92.1 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMC-FM (96.1 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WXPT (104.1 FM; ST. LOUIS PARK, MN; Owner: THE AUDIO HOUSE, INC.)
- WVSS (90.7 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- WKFX (97.7 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WWIB (103.7 FM; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- WAQE-FM (97.7 FM; BARRON, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- W211AY (90.1 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WLMX-FM (104.9 FM; BALSAM LAKE, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Prairie Farm:
- WHWC-TV (Channel 28; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WQOW-TV (Channel 18; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WXOW-WQOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WEUX (Channel 48; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: GRANT MEDIA INC.)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total average daily traffic: 850
Total average daily truck traffic: 51
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 2,000
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 5 - James E McDonald, 714-750 2nd Avenue (Prairie Farm - 196444473) (Lat: 45.236750 Lon: -92.006722), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: Alltel Communications, Inc., One Allied Drive, B2f02-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- James E McDonald, 714-750 2nd Avenue (Prairie Farm - 196444473) (Lat: 45.236750 Lon: -92.006722), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: Alltel Communications, Inc., One Allied Drive, B2f02-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- Rick Vergin, On 9th St, 1/4 Mile North Of 2 1/2 Ave (Lat: 45.248889 Lon: -91.972250), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Wireless Applications Corporation, 111 108th Ave Ne, Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004, Phone: (425) 643-5000, Email:
- Rick Vergin, On 9th St, 1/4 Mile North Of 2 1/2 Ave (Lat: 45.248889 Lon: -91.972250), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Wireless Applications Corporation, 111 108th Ave Ne, Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004, Phone: (425) 643-5000, Email:
- Jerri L Janjua, 714-750 2nd Avenue (Prairie Farm - 196444473) (Lat: 45.236750 Lon: -92.006722), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasareg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - PRAIRIE FARM, On 9th St, 1/4 Mile North Of 2 1/2 Ave (Lat: 45.248889 Lon: -91.972250), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Call Sign: WQJP201
Assigned Frequencies: 151.235 MHz
Grant Date: 11/13/2008, Expiration Date: 11/13/2018, Certifier: Gay Radosevich
Registrant: G.J. Therkelsen @ Associates, 11635 Raspberry Hill Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, Phone: (952) 946-1839, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6 - Call Sign: N9QWU, Licensee ID: L00262787
Grant Date: 08/18/1992, Expiration Date: 08/18/2002, Cancellation Date: 10/17/2000
Registrant: Mark S Javner, 540 11th St, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 - Call Sign: AB9AQ, Previous Call Sign: N9QWU, Licensee ID: L00262787
Grant Date: 08/05/2002, Expiration Date: 08/18/2012, Certifier: Mark S Javner
Registrant: Mark S Javner, 540 11th St, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 - Call Sign: KB9ZWK, Licensee ID: L00369048
Grant Date: 06/19/2001, Expiration Date: 06/19/2011, Certifier: Stacey E Javner
Registrant: Stacey E Javner, 540 11th St, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 - Call Sign: KC9LPI, Licensee ID: L01257860
Grant Date: 05/10/2007, Expiration Date: 05/10/2017, Cancellation Date: 05/29/2009, Certifier: Larry D French
Registrant: Larry D French, Prairie Farm, WI 54762-0162 - Call Sign: KC9LPJ, Licensee ID: L01282426
Grant Date: 05/10/2007, Expiration Date: 05/10/2017, Certifier: Jon P Larson
Registrant: Jon P Larson, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 - Call Sign: K9ODI, Previous Call Sign: KC9LPI, Licensee ID: L01257860
Grant Date: 05/29/2009, Expiration Date: 05/29/2019, Certifier: Larry D French
Registrant: Larry D French, Prairie Farm, WI 54762-0162
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: 170B (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2815C , Serial Number: 26358, Airworthiness Date: 02/08/1956
Registrant (Individual): Barry T Hansen, 1175 5th Ave, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 - Aircraft: 182H (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 8364S , Serial Number: 18256464, Year manufactured: 1965, Airworthiness Date: 07/01/1965
Registrant (Partnership): Barry T Hansen, 518 12th St, Prairie Farm, WI 54762, Other Owners: Roger D Hansen - Aircraft: PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 899RK , Serial Number: 523752011
Registrant (Individual): Ryan K Kallenbach, 109 W Brewster St, Prairie Farm, WI 54762
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