Wood County, Wisconsin (WI)

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• • 67,42492.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,2803.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,5442.1%Asian alone
  • 1,0501.4%Two or more races
  • 5160.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3600.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 940.1%Some other race alone
  • 310.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $175,184

Here:	$175,184
State:	$243,674

Townhouses or other attached units: $204,953

Here:	$204,953
State:	$212,164

In 2-unit structures: $111,717

Here:	$111,717
State:	$191,549

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $178,077

Here:	$178,077
State:	$185,896

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $551,595

Here:	$551,595
State:	$204,140

Mobile homes: $46,864

Here:	$46,864
State:	$56,469

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 86
• Thefts: 164
• Auto thefts: 20

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 99
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 19

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,336 (1.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,245 (1.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wood County is $418 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $518 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Grand Rapids, Saratoga, Lake Wazeecha, Nekoosa, Port Edwards, Seneca, Sigel, Biron.

Neighboring counties: Custer County, Idaho , Crawford County, Michigan , Jackson County , Nicollet County, Minnesota , St. Croix County , Sibley County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 2,792
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,266 (53.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3352010 or later
• 6142000 to 2009
• 3051990 to 1999
• 4441980 to 1989
• 1041970 to 1979
• 317Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 26,670
• One, attached: 575
• Two: 2,079
• 3 or 4: 688
• 5 to 9: 860
• 10 to 19: 799
• 20 to 49: 1,450
• 50 or more: 1,149
• Mobile homes: 1,202
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Wood County with a mortgage: 13,919 (494 second mortgage, 1,648 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,702

Religion statistics for Wood County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Wood County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wisconsin Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4520-WI: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4520, Natural disaster type: Other
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: July 18, 2019 - July 20, 2019, FEMA Id: 4459, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 2010 to October 09, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1944: October 21, 2010, FEMA Id: 1944, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3249: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3249, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2004 to July 03, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1526: June 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1526, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: September 02, 2002 to September 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1432: September 10, 2002, FEMA Id: 1432, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 2002 to June 25, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1429: July 19, 2002, FEMA Id: 1429, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Flooding, Incident Period: April 10, 2001 to July 06, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1369: May 11, 2001, FEMA Id: 1369, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Wisconsin Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 07, 1993 to August 25, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-994: July 02, 1993, FEMA Id: 994, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Drought, Incident Period: June 17, 1976, Emergency Declared EM-3014: June 17, 1976, FEMA Id: 3014, Natural disaster type: Drought
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.25% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,018 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.96% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($29,727 average AGI)
1.30% relocated from other states ($13,291 average AGI)

Wood County:	1.30%
Wisconsin average:	1.91%

from Portage County, WI	0.86% ($38,967 average AGI)
from Marathon County, WI	0.79% ($39,397)
from Clark County, WI	0.31% ($35,687)
from Adams County, WI	0.26% ($40,341)
from Dane County, WI	0.19% ($55,102)
from Milwaukee County, WI	0.14% ($46,186)
from Eau Claire County, WI	0.08% ($36,000)

5.31% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,979 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.03% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($35,694 average AGI)
1.28% relocated to other states ($15,285 average AGI)

Wood County:	1.28%
Wisconsin average:	2.13%

to Marathon County, WI	0.85% ($53,070 average AGI)
to Portage County, WI	0.82% ($40,185)
to Dane County, WI	0.25% ($51,148)
to Clark County, WI	0.25% ($39,449)
to Adams County, WI	0.17% ($28,309)
to Milwaukee County, WI	0.11% ($43,028)
to Eau Claire County, WI	0.10% ($38,758)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Wood County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 17,014 (4,635 living alone), Female householders: 15,670 (6,113 living alone)

• 15,211 spouses (15,112 opposite-sex spouses), 2,395 unmarried partners, (2,333 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 19,204 children (17,746 natural, 162 adopted, 1,296 stepchildren), 571 grandchildren, 503 brothers or sisters, 677 parents, 0 foster children, 437 other relatives, 456 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 861

Size of family households: 10,876 2-persons, 3,772 3-persons, 3,664 4-persons, 1,121 5-persons, 492 6-persons, 297 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,748 1-person, 1,701 2-persons, 13 3-persons.

10,348 married couples with children.
4,655 single-parent households (1,373 men, 3,282 women).

95.2% of residents of Wood speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $396,145,000 ($5,268 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,285,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $206,539,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,822,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,477,000
Federal grants: $80,521,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,507,000 ($684,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,280,000 ($940,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,533,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,127,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,208,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-20 per 1000 residents
State:	+3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.46 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Wood County, Wisconsin
• 8142014 or later
• 3552010 to 2013
• 3,3442000 to 2009
• 4,9871990 to 1999
• 3,3011980 to 1989
• 6,1491970 to 1979
• 3,3381960 to 1969
• 4,0701950 to 1959
• 3,2341940 to 1949
• 5,8871939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wood County, Wisconsin
• 181 room
• 62 rooms
• 4243 rooms
• 1,4804 rooms
• 4,5415 rooms
• 5,1086 rooms
• 3,6557 rooms
• 3,4808 rooms
• 4,9099+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin
• 3521 room
• 5062 rooms
• 1,2443 rooms
• 2,8514 rooms
• 2,1905 rooms
• 9496 rooms
• 2637 rooms
• 3228 rooms
• 3869+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Wood County, Wisconsin
• 18no bedroom
• 2511 bedroom
• 4,3592 bedrooms
• 12,2203 bedrooms
• 5,5344 bedrooms
• 1,2395+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin
• 365no bedroom
• 1,7491 bedroom
• 4,3722 bedrooms
• 2,1143 bedrooms
• 3874 bedrooms
• 765+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Wood County, Wisconsin in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wood County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 494no vehicle
• 5,4801 vehicle
• 11,2342 vehicles
• 3,8793 vehicles
• 1,7144 vehicles
• 8205+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wood County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,261no vehicle
• 5,1611 vehicle
• 2,0312 vehicles
• 4983 vehicles
• 1124 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.9% of Wood County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Wisconsin.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 60,061
• Other state: 11,634
• Northeast: 867
• Midwest: 8,277
• South: 1,224
• West: 1,266

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,128
• Number of aged recipients: 97
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,031
• Number of recipients under 18: 156
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 769
• Number of recipients older than 64: 203
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 468
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 466

Wood County on our top lists:

• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"