Clark County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 25.9. This is better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 7.91. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 19.5 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.7%
(10.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 77.8% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 58.8% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 55.2% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Thorp, WI
47 people in nursing homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Thorp compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value 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.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Thorp (2011 data):
- Northwestern Bank: Thorp Branch at 111 North Washington Street, branch established on 1989/10/16. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $376.9 mil, Deposits: $318.6 mil, headquarters in Chippewa Falls, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Nw Bancshares, Inc.
- Forward Financial Bank SSB: Thorp Branch at 105 South Washington Street, branch established on 1989/09/27. Info updated 2010/10/19: Bank assets: $270.9 mil, Deposits: $209.4 mil, headquarters in Marshfield, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices
- Community Bank of Central Wisconsin: Thorp Branch at 300 North Washington Street, branch established on 2006/01/30. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $98.4 mil, Deposits: $82.5 mil, headquarters in Colby, WI, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Central Wisconsin Bancorporation, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Clark County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Thorp (based on Clark County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 70.38%
| Here |  | 70.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church |
| Adherents | 45.2% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 5.4% | 4.7% |
| Congregations | 11.4% | 11.4% | 12.7% | 8.9% | 16.5% |
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| Name | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Old Order Mennonite | Old Order Amish | Conservative Baptist Association of America | Other |
| Adherents | 4.5% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Congregations | 3.8% | 5.1% | 11.4% | 1.3% | 17.7% |
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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: 9 | Clark County: | 2.69 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Clark County: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 26 | This county: | 7.78 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Clark County: | 7.9% | | Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Clark County: | 28.3% | | 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 Government Administration |
2 | $7,266 | $43,596 | 6 | $850 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $10,924 | $43,696 | 1 | $465 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $8,907 | $35,628 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,903 | $34,836 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,190 | $38,280 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $2,389 | $28,668 | 1 | $1,078 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $182 |
| Totals for Government |
11 | $35,579 | $38,813 | 9 | $2,575 |
Thorp government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $67,000 ($41.28)
- Charges - Sewerage: $186,000 ($114.60)
Parks & Recreation: $21,000 ($12.94)
All Other: $9,000 ($5.55)
Regular Highways: $5,000 ($3.08)
Solid Waste Management: $2,000 ($1.23)
- Construction - Natural Resources - Other: $270,000 ($166.36)
Regular Highways: $243,000 ($149.72)
Parks & Recreation: $5,000 ($3.08)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $252,000 ($155.27)
Housing & Community Development: $229,000 ($141.10)
Water Utilities: $195,000 ($120.15)
Police Protection: $176,000 ($108.44)
Regular Highways: $174,000 ($107.21)
Parks & Recreation: $105,000 ($64.70)
Fire Protection: $81,000 ($49.91)
Libraries: $77,000 ($47.44)
Solid Waste Management: $61,000 ($37.58)
Central Staff Services: $60,000 ($36.97)
Natural Resources - Other: $18,000 ($11.09)
General - Other: $15,000 ($9.24)
Financial Administration: $13,000 ($8.01)
Health Services - Other: $11,000 ($6.78)
General Public Buildings: $7,000 ($4.31)
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000 ($4.31)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $602,000 ($370.92)
Housing & Community Development: $216,000 ($133.09)
- General - Interest on Debt: $100,000 ($61.61)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $36,000 ($22.18)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $28,000 ($17.25)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $248,000 ($152.80)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,684,000 ($1037.58)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $307,000 ($189.16)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,170,000 ($720.89)
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $210,000 ($129.39)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $735,000 ($452.87)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $86,000 ($52.99)
Water Utilities: $38,000 ($23.41)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $95,000 ($58.53)
General Revenue, NEC: $53,000 ($32.66)
Special Assessments: $15,000 ($9.24)
Rents: $6,000 ($3.70)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $24,000 ($14.79)
Regular Highways: $5,000 ($3.08)
Central Staff: $3,000 ($1.85)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,917,000 ($1181.15)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $152,000 ($93.65)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $206,000 ($126.93)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $82,000 ($50.52)
General Support: $24,000 ($14.79)
All Other: $23,000 ($14.17)
- Tax - Property: $242,000 ($149.11)
NEC: $28,000 ($17.25)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $413,000 ($254.47)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $15,000 ($9.24)
4.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,388 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.98% | | 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:
6.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,457 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.54% | | 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 Thorp:
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WAYY (790 AM; 5 kW; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WEAQ (1150 AM; 5 kW; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WCCN (1370 AM; 5 kW; NEILLSVILLE, WI; Owner: CENTRAL WISCONSIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOGO (680 AM; 3 kW; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- 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))
- WLBL (930 AM; 5 kW; AUBURNDALE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Thorp:
- WAXX (104.5 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WWIB (103.7 FM; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- WCCN-FM (107.5 FM; NEILLSVILLE, WI; Owner: CENTRAL WISCONSIN B/CG INC.)
- WQRB (95.1 FM; BLOOMER, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUEC (89.7 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- WOSQ (92.3 FM; SPENCER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WCFW (105.7 FM; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: BUSHLAND RADIO SPECIALTIES/WCFW)
TV broadcast stations around Thorp:
- WEAU-TV (Channel 13; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WEAU LICENSEE CORP.)
- WQOW-TV (Channel 18; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WXOW-WQOW TELEVISION, INC.)
Thorp fatal accident list:
Dec 8, 1998 05:47 PM, Sr-73, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 14, 1984 02:30 PM, 73, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jul 7, 1982 05:15 PM, 073, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Thorp)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 21 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - 1 Mi W And 3/4 Mi N Int Hwy 29 & 73 (Lat: 44.969694 Lon: -90.820417), Call Sign: KEC556, Licensee ID: L00121910
Assigned Frequencies: 155.205 MHz Grant Date: 03/28/2002, Expiration Date: 05/06/2012
Registrant: Lou J Hein, 103 W Main St, Thorp, WI 54771, Phone: (715) 669-5355 - 3.5 Mi Wsw (Lat: 44.946083 Lon: -90.863472), Call Sign: KNFZ843, Licensee ID: L00007608
Assigned Frequencies: 154.463 MHz Grant Date: 05/30/2002, Expiration Date: 07/31/2012
Registrant: Dairyland Power Cooperative, 3200 East Ave S, La Crosse, WI 54601, Phone: (608) 788-4000 - Lat: 44.954167 Lon: -90.795083, Call Sign: WQHB603
Assigned Frequencies: 72.1200 MHz Grant Date: 06/20/2007, Expiration Date: 06/20/2017, Certifier: Barkley Anderson
Registrant: Primex Wireless, Inc, 965 Wells St, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, Phone: (800) 537-0464 - 418 E Stanley St (Lat: 44.959139 Lon: -90.795028), Type: Bant, Structure height: 6 m, Overall height: 9 m, Call Sign: WQLA963
Assigned Frequencies: 462.875 MHz Grant Date: 11/17/2009, Expiration Date: 11/17/2019, Certifier: Jason Hazuga
Registrant: Visiplex, Inc., 100 N Fairway Drive, Suite 120, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, Phone: (847) 918-0250, Fax: (847) 918-0259, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 2 - Highway 29 3 Mile East Of Highway 73 (Lat: 44.948278 Lon: -90.740667), Call Sign: KNKI974
Assigned Frequencies: 158.700 MHz Grant Date: 04/21/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019, Certifier: Gary S Rozynek
Registrant: Putbrese Hunsaker & Trent, P.C., 200 South Church Street, Woodstock, VA 22664, Phone: (540) 459-7646, Fax: (540) 459-7656, Email:
- 0.5 Miles West Of Highway 73 And 0.1 Mile North Of Soo R.R. (Lat: 44.963833 Lon: -90.803444), Call Sign: KNKJ834, Licensee ID: L00314308
Assigned Frequencies: 158.100 MHz Grant Date: 08/21/2007, Expiration Date: 08/15/2017, Certifier: Vicki Schultheis
Registrant: Centurytel Of The Midwest - Wisconsin, LLC, Vancouver, WA 98668, Phone: (360) 905-6839, Fax: (360) 905-5953, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Thorp)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: LORBERTER DARYL R LORBERTER/CHALLNGRII (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 503 (52 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 31729 , Serial Number: CH2-0206-2720, Year manufactured: 2008, Airworthiness Date: 06/17/2008
Registrant (Individual): Keith E Marshall, N14347 Fisher Ave, Thorp, WI 54771 - Aircraft: WILLINGHAM DAVE L KOLB TWINSTAR (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5759 , Serial Number: TS-0083, Year manufactured: 1988, Airworthiness Date: 11/21/1988
Registrant (Individual): James M Kaz, N14785 Bachelors Ave, Thorp, WI 54771 - Aircraft: BUCKEYE AVIATION INC BREEZE LX (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 582 (65 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 8054V , Serial Number: 16412, Year manufactured: 2004, Airworthiness Date: 10/24/2007
Registrant (Individual): Ed Alexander Abramowicz, W15417 County Road F, Thorp, WI 54771
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Businesses in Thorp, WI
- La-Z-Boy: 1
- McDonald's: 1
- Subway: 1
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