Saratoga, Wisconsin

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Population in July 2009: 5,102. Population change since 2000: -5.2%

Males: 2,632	(51.6%)
Females: 2,470	(48.4%)

Median resident age:	38.5 years
Wisconsin median age:	36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2009: $52,364 (it was $48,500 in 2000)

Saratoga:	$52,364
Wisconsin:	$49,993

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $23,138

Saratoga town income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $136,405 (it was $92,400 in 2000)

Saratoga:	$136,405
Wisconsin:	$170,800

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $142,879; Detached houses: $151,772; Townhouses or other attached units: $162,378; In 2-unit structures: $138,698; Mobile homes: $62,385

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White alone - 5,231 (97.2%)
Two or more races - 44 (0.8%)
American Indian alone - 35 (0.7%)
Asian alone - 31 (0.6%)
Hispanic - 29 (0.5%)
Black alone - 9 (0.2%)
Other race alone - 4 (0.07%)

Races in Saratoga detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth

Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Saratoga: 88.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (48.8%), Polish (13.1%), Irish (11.6%), United States (11.0%), Norwegian (8.5%), English (6.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1300 feet

Land area: 49.4 square miles.

Population density: 103 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Saratoga:

High school or higher: 86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
Unemployed: 4.8%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Saratoga town:

Never married: 20.7%
Now married: 64.5%
Separated: 0.2%
Widowed: 4.1%
Divorced: 10.5%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.0%
Wisconsin:	3.6%

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

Saratoga town:	1.5% ($1,355)
Wisconsin:	2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Oshkosh, WI (66.5 miles , pop. 62,916).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (87.6 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (202.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Nekoosa, WI (1.9 miles ), Port Edwards, WI (1.9 miles ), Grand Rapids, WI (2.3 miles ), Wisconsin Rapids, WI (2.4 miles ), Lake Wazeecha, WI (2.5 miles ), Rome, WI (2.6 miles ), Port Edwards, WI (2.6 miles ), Grant, WI (2.9 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1997: 25 buildings, average cost: $90,300
1998: 28 buildings, average cost: $99,400
1999: 40 buildings, average cost: $101,700
2000: 15 buildings, average cost: $103,800
2001: 25 buildings, average cost: $111,900
2002: 22 buildings, average cost: $116,300
2003: 18 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2004: 18 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2005: 17 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2006: 15 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2007: 12 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2008: 9 buildings, average cost: $122,900
2009: 8 buildings, average cost: $144,200
2010: 2 buildings, average cost: $160,200
2011: 7 buildings, average cost: $188,700

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 44.30 N, Longitude: 89.83 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 715

Unemployment in August 2012:

Here:	7.3%
Wisconsin:	7.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Historical population

Historical housing units

Population change in the 1990s: +605 (+12.7%).

Most common industries (%)

Males Females

Paper (32%)
Construction (10%)
Food (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)

Educational services (16%)
Paper (10%)
Health care (9%)
Food (8%)
Food and beverage stores (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations (%)

Males Females

Other production occupations including supervisors (22%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

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Tornado activity:

Saratoga-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 93% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1957, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.2 miles away from the Saratoga town center killed one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 9/26/1951, a category F4 tornado 26.5 miles away from the town center killed 6 people and injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Wood County (8) is smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Floods: 2, Tornado: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals/medical centers near Saratoga:

RIVERVIEW HSPTL ASSOC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 7 miles away; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI)
MINISTRY ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL OF STEVENS POINT (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 23 miles away; STEVENS POINT, WI)
MOUNDVIEW MEM HSPTL AND CLINICS (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 24 miles away; FRIENDSHIP, WI)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Saratoga:

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (about 20 miles; Stevens Point, WI; Full-time enrollment: 8,352)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (about 67 miles; Oshkosh, WI; FT enrollment: 9,356)
Fox Valley Technical College (about 69 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 3,092)
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (about 78 miles; La Crosse, WI; FT enrollment: 8,660)
Western Technical College (about 78 miles; La Crosse, WI; FT enrollment: 2,278)
Viterbo University (about 79 miles; La Crosse, WI; FT enrollment: 2,076)
Madison Area Technical College (about 86 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 5,928)

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Churches in Saratoga include: Church of God (A), Kingdom Hall (B), Saratoga Church (C), Tower Road Chapel (D), East Nekoosa Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Pioneer Cemetery (1), Green Hill Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Ross Lake (A), Nekoosa Flowage 5564 (B), Lake 6-7 and 6-6c 14 (C), 2 Reservoir (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Tenmile Creek (A), Harvey Creek (B), Fivemile Creek (C), Sevenmile Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Wood County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential

Average household size:

This town:	2.7 people
Wisconsin:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	77.6%
Whole state:	66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.4%
Whole state:	5.7%

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

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

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:

This town:	5.9%
Whole state:	8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:

This town:	1.7%
Whole state:	3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Saratoga, WI

People in group quarters in Saratoga:

16 people in other group homes
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Saratoga compared to Wisconsin state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (43%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
Wood (8%)
Electricity (4%)

2004 Presidential Election results in Wood County Wisconsin:

2008 Presidential Election results in Wood County Wisconsin:

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Religion statistics for Saratoga (based on Wood County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 76.07%

Here		76.1%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Name	Catholic Church	Lutheran Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	United Methodist Church
Adherents	52.7%	18.6%	7.5%	3.9%	3.1%
Congregations	20.2%	14.6%	6.7%	4.5%	4.5%

Name	United Church of Christ	Assemblies of God	Moravian Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other
Adherents	2.8%	2.4%	1.3%	1.1%	6.7%
Congregations	5.6%	3.4%	5.6%	2.2%	32.6%

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: 9

Wood County:	1.22 / 10,000 pop.
State:	1.86 / 10,000 pop.

Number of supercenters and club stores: 1

Here:	0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Wisconsin:	0.11 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 34

Wood County:	4.61 / 10,000 pop.
Wisconsin:	4.12 / 10,000 pop.

Number of full-service restaurants: 65

This county:	8.81 / 10,000 pop.
State:	8.64 / 10,000 pop.

Adult diabetes rate:

Wood County:	8.6%
Wisconsin:	7.6%

Adult obesity rate:

Wood County:	28.4%
State:	27.5%

Low-income preschool obesity rate:

Here:	11.3%
State:	13.0%

4.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,704 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.76%
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 Marathon County, WI	0.58% ($28,474 average AGI)
from Portage County, WI	0.58% ($29,132)
from Clark County, WI	0.38% ($28,912)

5.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,981 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.83%
Wisconsin average:	6.22%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($208 average AGI)
Wood County:
0.04%
Wisconsin average:
0.04%

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

to Portage County, WI	0.77% ($32,034 average AGI)
to Marathon County, WI	0.73% ($44,780)
to Dane County, WI	0.35% ($31,613)

Strongest AM radio stations in Saratoga:

WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
WFHR (1320 AM; 5 kW; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
WLBL (930 AM; 5 kW; AUBURNDALE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
WDUX (800 AM; 5 kW; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
WCCN (1370 AM; 5 kW; NEILLSVILLE, WI; Owner: CENTRAL WISCONSIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Saratoga:

WGLX-FM (103.3 FM; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
WMMA (93.9 FM; NEKOOSA, WI; Owner: STARBOARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
WIZD (99.9 FM; RUDOLPH, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC)
WLJY (106.5 FM; MARSHFIELD, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
WYTE (96.7 FM; WHITING, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
WGNV (88.5 FM; MILLADORE, WI; Owner: EVANGEL MINISTRIES, INC.)
WHRM (90.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
WDEZ (101.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: W R I G, INC.)
WIFC (95.5 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
WVCX (98.9 FM; TOMAH, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WSPT-FM (97.9 FM; STEVENS POINT, WI; Owner: AMERICUS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WWSP (89.9 FM; STEVENS POINT, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF WISCONSIN)
WDKM (106.1 FM; ADAMS, WI; Owner: ROCHE-A-CRI BROADCASTING)

TV broadcast stations around Saratoga:

W24BV (Channel 24; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W60CI (Channel 60; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W16AY (Channel 16; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W18CS (Channel 18; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W40BC (Channel 40; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W62DA (Channel 62; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WDLS-LP (Channel 35; TOMAH, WI; Owner: MAGNUM RADIO, INC.)
WEAU-TV (Channel 13; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WEAU LICENSEE CORP.)
W64AU (Channel 64; ADAMS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
W06BU (Channel 6; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics

Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 34 meters (112ft)
Total costs: $309,000
Total average daily traffic: 19,625
Total average daily truck traffic: 740
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 29,460

FCC Registered Antenna Towers:

James W Lienau, 0.5 Miles West Of Saratoga (Lat: 44.305472 Lon: -89.816750), Type: Pole, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 51.8 m
Registrant: Hill & Welch, 1330 New Hampshire Ave., Nw #113, Green Bay, WI 54313, Phone: (202) 775-0070, Email:
James W Lienau, 0.5 Miles West Of Saratoga (Lat: 44.305472 Lon: -89.816750), Type: Pole, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 51.8 m
Registrant: Hill & Welch, 1330 New Hampshire Ave., Nw #113, Green Bay, WI 54313, Phone: (202) 775-0070, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers:

SARATOGA, 0.5 Miles West Of Saratoga (Lat: 44.305444 Lon: -89.816611), Type: Pole, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 51.8 m, Call Sign: WQGK273
Assigned Frequencies: 10835.0 MHz, 10755.0 MHz
Grant Date: 02/12/2007, Expiration Date: 02/12/2017, Certifier: Robert Sobieck
Registrant: Comsearch, 19700 Janelia Farm Boulevard, Ashburn, VA 20147, Phone: (703) 726-5671, Fax: (703) 726-5595, Email:

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