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Richmond, WI map Population (year 2000): 1,835
Males: 934  (50.9%)
Females: 901  (49.1%)

Walworth County

Median resident age:  39.7 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $54,400 (it was $51,776 in 2000)
Richmond  $54,400
Wisconsin:  $47,105

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $173,900 (it was $130,600 in 2000)
Richmond  $173,900
Wisconsin:  $152,600

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Races in Richmond:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.4%)
  • Hispanic (4.5%)
  • Other race (2.3%)

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Ancestries: German (44.5%), Irish (16.0%), English (9.0%), Norwegian (8.4%), Polish (7.7%), Italian (4.9%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 990 feet

Land area: 35.3 square miles.

Population density: 52 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Richmond

  • High school or higher: 83.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.3%
  • Unemployed: 1.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Richmond town

  • Never married: 20.4%
  • Now married: 64.4%
  • Separated: 0.4%
  • Widowed: 4.8%
  • Divorced: 10.0%

36 residents are foreign born

This town:  2.0%
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:

Richmond:  1.5% ($1,900)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)
Richmond satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Janesville, WI (21.4 miles , pop. 59,498).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (53.2 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (93.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Whitewater, WI (4.2 miles ), Darien, WI (7.4 miles ), Delavan, WI (7.9 miles ), Whitewater, WI (8.1 miles ), Darien, WI (8.3 miles ), Sugar Creek, WI (8.4 miles ), Johnstown, WI (8.7 miles ), Cold Spring, WI (10.0 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 9 buildings, average cost: $129,400
  • 1997: 12 buildings, average cost: $126,900
  • 1998: 14 buildings, average cost: $119,500
  • 1999: 20 buildings, average cost: $137,900
  • 2000: 27 buildings, average cost: $146,200
  • 2001: 62 buildings, average cost: $144,900
  • 2002: 112 buildings, average cost: $143,100
  • 2003: 115 buildings, average cost: $149,500
  • 2004: 95 buildings, average cost: $161,600
  • 2005: 80 buildings, average cost: $176,200
  • 2006: 57 buildings, average cost: $172,600
  • 2007: 39 buildings, average cost: $152,400

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Latitude: 42.72 N, Longitude: 88.71 W


4 people in nursing homes

Area code: 608



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (20%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Machinery (8%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
  • Machinery (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)


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Richmond-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Wisconsin state average. It is 73% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/27/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 29.3 miles away from the Richmond town center killed one person and injured 14 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/21/1967, a category 4 tornado 32.0 miles away from the town center killed 24 people and injured 450 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Richmond:
  • AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CTR (about 11 miles; ELKHORN, WI)
  • FORT ATKINSON MEMORIAL HEALTH SERVICES (about 18 miles; FORT ATKINSON, WI)
  • MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM CORP (about 24 miles; JANESVILLE, WI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Richmond:
  • ROCK CO (about 24 miles; JANESVILLE, WI; ID: JVL)
  • GREATER ROCKFORD (about 46 miles; ROCKFORD, IL; ID: RFD)
  • DANE COUNTY REGIONAL-TRUAX FIELD (about 52 miles; MADISON, WI; ID: MSN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Richmond:
  • GUTZMER'S TWIN OAKS (about 10 miles; WHITEWATER, WI; ID: 5Y3)
  • LAKE LAWN (about 10 miles; DELAVAN, WI; ID: C59)
  • PALMYRA MUNI (about 15 miles; PALMYRA, WI; ID: 88C)

Amtrak station near Richmond:
  • 19 miles: JANESVILLE (3136 EAST COUNTY ROAD O)

Local government website: TOWN.RICHMOND.WI.US

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Richmond:
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (about 7 miles; WHITEWATER, WI; Full-time enrollment: 9,493)
  • ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; ROCKFORD, IL; FT enrollment: 4,200)
  • CARROLL COLLEGE (about 39 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)
  • WAUKESHA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 40 miles; PEWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 3,465)
  • MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 2,707)
  • MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 51 miles; MADISON, WI; FT enrollment: 7,914)
  • COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY (about 54 miles; GRAYSLAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 6,973)

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Cemeteries: Richmond Cemetery (1), Lyons Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: Lorraine, Lake (A), Turtle Lake (B), Number Ten, Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  72.2%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.2%
Whole state:  5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  4.1%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  1.3%
Whole state:  3.7%

Richmond compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.


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7.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,122 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.50%
Wisconsin average:  6.06%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($291 average AGI)
Walworth County:  0.07%
Wisconsin average:  0.08%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Waukesha County, WI  0.79% ($48,571 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI  0.68% ($39,217)
from McHenry County, IL  0.58% ($44,310)


6.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,167 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.99%
Wisconsin average:  6.22%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($118 average AGI)
Walworth County:  0.03%
Wisconsin average:  0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Rock County, WI  0.70% ($32,842 average AGI)
to Milwaukee County, WI  0.59% ($30,468)
to Waukesha County, WI  0.58% ($36,065)


Strongest AM radio stations in Richmond:
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WTJK (1380 AM; 5 kW; SOUTH BELOIT, IL; Owner: GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
  • WKSH (1640 AM; 10 kW; SUSSEX, WI; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Richmond:
  • WSLD (104.5 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSUW (91.7 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS, UNIV. OF WIS.)
  • WKCH (106.5 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WSJY (107.3 FM; FORT ATKINSON, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WHAD (90.7 FM; DELAFIELD, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WLKG (96.1 FM; LAKE GENEVA, WI; Owner: CTJ COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)


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