West Ishpeming, Michigan

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Population (year 2000): 2,792

Males: 1,342	(48.1%)
Females: 1,450	(51.9%)

Marquette County

Median resident age:	41.9 years
Michigan median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 49849.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $41,500 (it was $41,758 in 2000)

West Ishpeming	$41,500
Michigan:	$46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $95,000 (it was $73,200 in 2000)

West Ishpeming	$95,000
Michigan:	$149,300

West Ishpeming, MI residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in West Ishpeming:

White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Hispanic (0.5%)

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Ancestries: English (22.3%), Italian (13.7%), French (13.5%), Swedish (11.2%), German (8.7%), Irish (6.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1440 feet

Land area: 3.00 square miles.

Population density: 929 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in West Ishpeming

High school or higher: 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
Unemployed: 6.0%
Mean travel time to work: 17.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West Ishpeming CDP

Never married: 21.9%
Now married: 63.4%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 5.0%
Divorced: 9.2%

28 residents are foreign born

This place:	1.0%
Michigan:	5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

West Ishpeming:	1.1% ($771)
Michigan:	1.3% ($1,461)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Green Bay, WI (137.9 miles , pop. 102,313).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (237.9 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (321.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ishpeming, MI (3.2 miles ), Negaunee, MI (7.7 miles ), Palmer, MI (9.0 miles ), Trowbridge Park, MI (19.8 miles ), Republic, MI (19.8 miles ), Marquette, MI (21.9 miles ), Big Bay, MI (22.8 miles ), Gwinn, MI (23.5 miles ).

Latitude: 46.48 N, Longitude: 87.71 W

108 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code commonly used in this area: 906

West Ishpeming household income distribution

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Most common industries for males:

Mining (21%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Wood products (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (28%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (11%)
Health technologists and technicians (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near West Ishpeming:

BELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; ISHPEMING, MI)
MARQUETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; MARQUETTE, MI)
DICKINSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West Ishpeming:

SAWYER INTERNATIONAL (about 25 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; ID: SAW)
FORD (about 54 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI; ID: IMT)
DELTA COUNTY (about 69 miles; ESCANABA, MI; ID: ESC)

Other public-use airports nearest to West Ishpeming:

EDWARD F JOHNSON (about 12 miles; ISHPEMING, MI; ID: M61)
BONNIE FIELD (about 44 miles; ROCK, MI; ID: 6Y4)
IRON COUNTY (about 51 miles; CRYSTAL FALLS, MI; ID: 50D)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Ishpeming:

NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; Full-time enrollment: 7,374)
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 136 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 141 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)
SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE (about 141 miles; DE PERE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,031)
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 156 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH (about 178 miles; OSHKOSH, WI; FT enrollment: 9,057)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	77.1%
Whole state:	68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.1%
Whole state:	5.3%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	7.5%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	2.0%
Whole state:	4.8%

West Ishpeming compared to Michigan state average:

Black race population percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Number of college students below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

West Ishpeming mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Marquette County Michigan:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.36% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,075 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.36%
Michigan average:	5.24%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($323 average AGI)
Marquette County: 0.10%
Michigan average: 0.10%

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

from Houghton County, MI	0.31% ($23,573 average AGI)
from Delta County, MI	0.20% ($28,896)
from Alger County, MI	0.18% ($20,262)

5.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,428 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.72%
Michigan average:	5.98%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($242 average AGI)
Marquette County: 0.08%
Michigan average: 0.05%

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

to Delta County, MI	0.21% ($37,700 average AGI)
to Houghton County, MI	0.20% ($31,936)
to Alger County, MI	0.18% ($39,256)

Strongest AM radio stations in West Ishpeming:

WIAN (1240 AM; 1 kW; ISHPEMING, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WZAM (970 AM; 5 kW; ISHPEMING, MI)
WDMJ (1320 AM; 5 kW; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WDBC (680 AM; 10 kW; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: KMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in West Ishpeming:

WKQS-FM (101.9 FM; NEGAUNEE, MI; Owner: GREAT LAKES RADIO, INC.)
WMQT-FM (107.7 FM; ISHPEMING, MI; Owner: TACONITE BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNGE (99.5 FM; NEGAUNEE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
W260AG (99.9 FM; ISHPEMING, MI; Owner: FAMILY EDUC. BROADCASTING CORP.)
WNMU-FM (90.1 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
WFXD (103.3 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: GREAT LAKES RADIO, INC.)
WJPD (92.3 FM; ISHPEMING, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WHWL (95.7 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: GOSPEL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.)
WUPK (94.1 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)

TV broadcast stations around West Ishpeming:

WLUC-TV (Channel 6; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: WLUC LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
WMQF (Channel 19; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: MARQUETTE BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNMU (Channel 13; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: BD. OF CONTROL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
WUPT-LP (Channel 43; REPUBLIC, MI; Owner: WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA TELEVISION, INC.)

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