Portage County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 5.5%
(5.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 20.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: |  2.1 people | | Wisconsin: |  2.4 people |
| This village: | 58.1% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
| This village: | 4.6% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Whiting, WI
139 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Whiting compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Portage County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Whiting (based on Portage County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 66.91%
| Here | | 66.9% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God |
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| Adherents | 71.0% | 9.2% | 8.1% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
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| Congregations | 28.1% | 12.3% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 1.8% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Evangelical Free Church of America | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
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| Congregations | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 28.1% |
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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 | Portage County: | 1.17 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 24 | Portage County: | 3.51 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 67 | This county: | 9.81 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Portage County: | 6.9% | | Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Portage County: | 28.1% | | 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 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,396 | $40,752 | 7 | $1,590 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $1,227 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 22 | $532 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,500 | $30,000 | 1 | $400 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $8,440 | $50,640 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,182 | $38,184 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
5 | $17,518 | $42,043 | 34 | $3,749 |
Whiting government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $221,000 ($128.12)
All Other: $1,000 ($0.58)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $42,000 ($24.35)
Parks & Recreation: $35,000 ($20.29)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $299,000 ($173.33)
Water Utilities: $280,000 ($162.32)
Regular Highways: $193,000 ($111.88)
Fire Protection: $70,000 ($40.58)
Solid Waste Management: $69,000 ($40.00)
Financial Administration: $50,000 ($28.99)
General Public Buildings: $37,000 ($21.45)
General - Other: $26,000 ($15.07)
Central Staff Services: $20,000 ($11.59)
Parks & Recreation: $20,000 ($11.59)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $9,000 ($5.22)
Police Protection: $5,000 ($2.90)
Health Services - Other: $3,000 ($1.74)
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000 ($1.74)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($0.58)
- General - Interest on Debt: $180,000 ($104.35)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $14,000 ($8.12)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,422,000 ($824.35)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,862,000 ($1659.13)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,782,000 ($1612.75)
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $836,000 ($484.64)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $586,000 ($339.71)
Other, NEC: $80,000 ($46.38)
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $103,000 ($59.71)
Interest Earnings: $90,000 ($52.17)
General Revenue, NEC: $4,000 ($2.32)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $7,000 ($4.06)
Central Staff: $2,000 ($1.16)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,204,000 ($1277.68)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $302,000 ($175.07)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $160,000 ($92.75)
Highways: $45,000 ($26.09)
All Other: $8,000 ($4.64)
- Tax - Property: $269,000 ($155.94)
NEC: $25,000 ($14.49)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $203,000 ($117.68)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $85,000 ($49.28)
5.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,463 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.98% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.06% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($71 average AGI)| Portage County: | 0.05% | | Wisconsin average: | 0.08% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,044 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.46% | | 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 Whiting:
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WFHR (1320 AM; 5 kW; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WDUX (800 AM; 5 kW; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WLBL (930 AM; 5 kW; AUBURNDALE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Whiting:
- 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)
- WYTE (96.7 FM; WHITING, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WGLX-FM (103.3 FM; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WIZD (99.9 FM; RUDOLPH, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC)
- WLJY (106.5 FM; MARSHFIELD, 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)
- WIFC (95.5 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WDEZ (101.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: W R I G, INC.)
- WLBL-FM (91.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WXPW (91.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WHITE PINE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC)
- WYCO (107.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: SEEHAFER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCLQ (89.5 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMMA (93.9 FM; NEKOOSA, WI; Owner: STARBOARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKQH (104.9 FM; MARATHON, WI; Owner: RLM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Whiting:
- 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)
- W06BU (Channel 6; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WAOW-TV (Channel 9; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WSAW-TV (Channel 7; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WFXS (Channel 55; WITTENBERG, WI; Owner: DAVIS TELEVISION WAUSAU, LLC)
- WHRM-TV (Channel 20; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
Whiting fatal accident list:
Jul 16, 1989 01:10 AM, Church, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Feb 8, 1988 07:55 AM, 51, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Aug 5, 1981 06:38 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 5, 1981 01:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 14, 1975 06:54 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 13 meters (43ft)
Total average daily traffic: 22,767
Total average daily truck traffic: 517
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 45,420
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 6 - 408 Post Rd 1 Mi S On Business Hwy 51 (Lat: 44.485528 Lon: -89.551778), Call Sign: KJF998, Licensee ID: L00092902
Assigned Frequencies: 31.6000 MHz
Grant Date: 09/29/1995, Expiration Date: 10/16/2000
Registrant: Roberts Irrigation Company Inc, 1500 Post Rd, Plover, WI 54467-2628, Phone: (715) 344-4747 - 2627 Whiting Rd (Lat: 44.488861 Lon: -89.575667), Call Sign: WQU725, Licensee ID: L00006899
Assigned Frequencies: 153.530 MHz
Grant Date: 07/09/2005, Expiration Date: 09/20/2015
Registrant: Consolidated Water Power Company, 231 First Ave N, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495, Phone: (715) 422-3073 - Whiting Mill (Lat: 44.480528 Lon: -89.568167), Call Sign: KZV623
Assigned Frequencies: 153.065 MHz
Grant Date: 08/10/2002, Expiration Date: 08/10/2012, Certifier: James Mooney
Registrant: Atlas License Company, 1725-A North Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219, Phone: (317) 351-4865, Fax: (317) 351-4870, Email:
- Lat: 44.496667 Lon: -89.561944, Call Sign: WPUB313
Assigned Frequencies: 155.025 MHz
Grant Date: 01/28/2002, Expiration Date: 01/28/2012, Certifier: Debi A Lutz
Registrant: Northway Communications Inc, 105 E Oak St, Wausau, WI 54401, Phone: (715) 842-0841, Fax: (715) 848-1413, Email:
- STEVENS PT. CARE L/S, 1800 Sherman Street (Lat: 44.493083 Lon: -89.580972), Type: Mast, Structure height: 1.9 m, Overall height: 6 m, Call Sign: WQKA415
Assigned Frequencies: 458.387 MHz
Grant Date: 03/04/2009, Expiration Date: 03/04/2019, Certifier: Matt Saloun
Registrant: L. W. Allen, 4633 Tompkins Drive, Madison, WI 53716, Phone: (608) 222-8622, Fax: (608) 222-9414, Email:
- NEENAH PAPERS L/S, 3243 Whiting Road (Lat: 44.480389 Lon: -89.566556), Type: Mast, Structure height: 3 m, Overall height: 6 m, Call Sign: WQKA416
Assigned Frequencies: 458.387 MHz
Grant Date: 03/04/2009, Expiration Date: 03/04/2019, Certifier: Matt Saloun
Registrant: L. W. Allen, 4633 Tompkins Drive, Madison, WI 53716, Phone: (608) 222-8622, Fax: (608) 222-9414, Email:
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Whiting, WI
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