Wood County, Wisconsin (WI)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 8,701
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 22,380
Renter-occupied apartments: 8,469 (it was 7,755 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 32% |
Land area: 793 sq. mi.
Water area: 16.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 92 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (26.5%), Manufacturing (18.9%), Retail trade (10.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 83%
- Government: 11%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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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
Median resident age: | 44.8 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 39.9 years |
Males: 35,862 | ![]() |
Females: 37,137 | ![]() |

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Wood County: | 2.0 people |
Wisconsin: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $56,278 ($41,595 in 1999)
This county: | $56,278 |
Wisconsin: | $64,168 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $579 (lower quartile is $416, upper quartile is $706)
This county: | $579 |
State: | $746 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $131,000 (it was $82,100 in 2000)
Wood: | $131,000 |
Wisconsin: | $197,200 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,029Detached 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
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $458
Institutionalized population: 604
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
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 197 buildings, average cost: $100,100
- 1998: 278 buildings, average cost: $118,700
- 1999: 318 buildings, average cost: $124,100
- 2000: 232 buildings, average cost: $127,700
- 2001: 240 buildings, average cost: $133,500
- 2002: 274 buildings, average cost: $132,200
- 2003: 262 buildings, average cost: $150,400
- 2004: 264 buildings, average cost: $143,600
- 2005: 272 buildings, average cost: $154,400
- 2006: 178 buildings, average cost: $165,200
- 2007: 155 buildings, average cost: $171,300
- 2008: 125 buildings, average cost: $171,700
- 2009: 107 buildings, average cost: $185,200
- 2010: 77 buildings, average cost: $155,700
- 2011: 67 buildings, average cost: $187,400
- 2012: 97 buildings, average cost: $202,300
- 2013: 69 buildings, average cost: $208,300
- 2014: 78 buildings, average cost: $198,000
- 2015: 81 buildings, average cost: $224,300
- 2016: 89 buildings, average cost: $234,700
- 2017: 105 buildings, average cost: $187,600
- 2018: 102 buildings, average cost: $220,200
- 2019: 92 buildings, average cost: $250,500
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%)
Wood County: | 11.8% |
Wisconsin: | 10.4% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 44.8 years old
(Males: 44.2 years old, Females: 45.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.4 years old, Black residents: 51.4 years old, American Indian residents: 30.1 years old, Asian residents: 31.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27.1 years old, Other race residents: 44.0 years old)
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.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable location: Pleasant Corners (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Wood County include: Little Plum Church (A), Pepin Hill Church (B), Holy Rosary Church (C), Chippewa Valley Church (D), Stockholm Church (E), Saint Josephs Church (F), Sabylund Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Little Plum Cemetery (1), Oakland Cemetery (2), Holy Rosary Cemetery (3), Oakwood Cemetery (4), East Pepin Cemetery (5), Round Hill Cemetery (6), Waubeek Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Schlosser Lake (A), Silver Birch Lake (B), Lake Pepin (C), Thompson Lake (D), Dead Lake (E), Wilcox Lake (F), 0.07 Reservoir (G), 3 Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Plum Creek (A), Arkansaw Creek (B), Bear Creek (C), Bogus Creek (D), Swinger Slough (E), Thompson Slough (F), Porcupine Creek (G), Eau Galle River (H), Ninemile Slough (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Wood County include: Five-Mile Bluff Prairie State Natural Area (1), Maiden Rock Bluff State Natural Area (2), Nine Mile Island State Natural Area (3), Silver Birch Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Custer County, Idaho , Crawford County, Michigan
, Jackson County
, Nicollet County, Minnesota
, St. Croix County
, Sibley County, Minnesota
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Here: | 4.7% |
Wisconsin: | 4.5% |
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)
Wood County: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
- 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
Here: | 59.1% with mortgage |
State: | 62.7% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Wood County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 27,050 | 18 |
Evangelical Protestant | 16,327 | 51 |
Mainline Protestant | 7,785 | 25 |
Other | 973 | 6 |
None | 22,614 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Wood County: | 1.22 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Wood County: | 4.61 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.81 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Wood County: | 8.6% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Wood County: | 28.4% |
State: | 27.5% |
Here: | 11.3% |
State: | 13.0% |
Agriculture in Wood County:
Average size of farms: 206 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $72,528
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $287.61
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.14%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 59.92%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $56,171
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 49.11%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.23%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $73,246
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.17%
Average age of principal farm operators: 51 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.61
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 44.11%
Corn for grain: 26603 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 421 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 10951 harvested acres
Vegetables: 438 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 39 acres
Tornado activity:
Wood County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Wisconsin state average. It is 6680539.5 times below overall U.S. average.Tornadoes in this county have caused 8 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/15/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 6 people and caused $120,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Wood County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 7% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 213.7 miles away from Wood County center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 428.6 miles away from the county center
On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB) earthquake occurred 308.4 miles away from the county center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 403.9 miles away from the county center
On 2/10/2010 at 09:59:35, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 186.9 miles away from Wood County center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 428.6 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
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.
The number of natural disasters in Wood County (12) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 9, Storms: 7, Tornadoes: 3, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 30,805 (83.1%)
- Carpooled: 3,476 (9.4%)
- Bus: 1 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 413 (1.1%)
- Bicycle: 225 (0.6%)
- Walked: 786 (2.1%)
- Worked at home: 1,378 (3.7%)
- Health care and social assistance (34%)
- Manufacturing (13%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (35%)
- Manufacturing (14%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Production occupations (14%)
- Material moving occupations (11%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (9%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (17%)
- Healthcare support occupations (11%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (10%)
- Production occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (7%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Laos (6%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- India (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- German (41%)
- American (9%)
- Polish (6%)
- Norwegian (4%)
- European (4%)
- Irish (3%)
- English (2%)
People in group quarters in Wood County, Wisconsin in 2000:
- 608 people in nursing homes
- 245 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 104 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 84 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 66 people in other group homes
- 38 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 2 people in homes for the physically handicapped
People in group quarters in Wood County, Wisconsin in 2010:
- 478 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 193 people in group homes intended for adults
- 99 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 48 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 17 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 16 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 15 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 14 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
- 2 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
5.25% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,018 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.25% |
Wisconsin average: | 5.63% |
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%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Portage County, WI | ![]() |
from Marathon County, WI | ![]() |
from Clark County, WI | ![]() |
from Adams County, WI | ![]() |
from Dane County, WI | ![]() |
from Milwaukee County, WI | ![]() |
from Eau Claire County, WI | ![]() |
5.31% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,979 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.31% |
Wisconsin average: | 5.85% |
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%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Marathon County, WI | ![]() |
to Portage County, WI | ![]() |
to Dane County, WI | ![]() |
to Clark County, WI | ![]() |
to Adams County, WI | ![]() |
to Milwaukee County, WI | ![]() |
to Eau Claire County, WI | ![]() |
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
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 4.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 13,974 (12,316 aged, 1,658 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 583 (3%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Wood County, Wisconsin in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,170)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (866)
- Unspecified dementia (817)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (797)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (711)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (561)
- Congestive heart failure (480)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (477)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (321)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (173)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 28,822
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 668
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 42,813
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,106
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 988
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 8
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 67
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 73
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 8
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 127.8. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 72.5
- Other - 55.3
Household type by relationship:
Households: 72,999- 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:
Births: 4,441Here: | 59 per 1000 residents |
State: | 65 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,531
Here: | 47 per 1000 residents |
State: | 44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +351
Here: | +5 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,484
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.46 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 6.6 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.4 |
State: | 4.2 |
- 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 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 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 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.
Wood County: | 87.9% |
State average: | 86.0% |
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
- 69.3%Utility gas
- 16.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 5.2%Wood
- 5.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 3.4%Electricity
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 53.3%Utility gas
- 35.1%Electricity
- 9.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.3%Wood
- 0.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.6%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 11.2% |
Wisconsin: | 14.4% |
Here: | 17.5% |
Wisconsin: | 9.6% |
Here: | 5.8% |
Wisconsin: | 17.6% |
Wood County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $16,728,000
Parks and Recreation: $540,000
Natural Resources - Other: $284,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,047,000
General Public Buildings: $2,916,000
Public Welfare - Other: $213,000
Libraries: $30,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $13,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $17,799,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,034,000
Regular Highways: $10,150,000
Hospitals: $9,366,000
Police Protection: $7,198,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,832,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,927,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,556,000
Central Staff Services: $2,529,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,666,000
General - Other: $1,504,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,368,000
Financial Administration: $1,139,000
Libraries: $890,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $554,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $803,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $462,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,941,000
Health and Hospitals: $936,000
Other: $386,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $26,819,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $22,009,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,171,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,361,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $372,000
Donations From Private Sources: $304,000
Fines and Forfeits: $270,000
Rents: $181,000
Sale of Property: $45,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $942,000
Police Protection: $498,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $142,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $13,032,000
Highways: $5,830,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,610,000
General Local Government Support: $3,913,000
Other: $1,956,000
Education: $1,084,000
- Tax - Property: $24,521,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,809,000
Other License: $342,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $212,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $187,000
Other: $18,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,458,000
Wood County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $16,728,000
Parks and Recreation: $540,000
Natural Resources - Other: $284,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,047,000
General Public Buildings: $2,916,000
Public Welfare - Other: $213,000
Libraries: $30,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $13,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $17,799,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,034,000
Regular Highways: $10,150,000
Hospitals: $9,366,000
Police Protection: $7,198,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,832,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,927,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,556,000
Central Staff Services: $2,529,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,666,000
General - Other: $1,504,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,368,000
Financial Administration: $1,139,000
Libraries: $890,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $554,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $803,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $462,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,941,000
Health and Hospitals: $936,000
Other: $386,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $26,819,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $22,009,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,171,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,361,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $372,000
Donations From Private Sources: $304,000
Fines and Forfeits: $270,000
Rents: $181,000
Sale of Property: $45,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $942,000
Police Protection: $498,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $142,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $13,032,000
Highways: $5,830,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,610,000
General Local Government Support: $3,913,000
Other: $1,956,000
Education: $1,084,000
- Tax - Property: $24,521,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,809,000
Other License: $342,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $212,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $187,000
Other: $18,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,458,000
Wood County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $16,728,000
Parks and Recreation: $540,000
Natural Resources - Other: $284,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,047,000
General Public Buildings: $2,916,000
Public Welfare - Other: $213,000
Libraries: $30,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $13,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $17,799,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,034,000
Regular Highways: $10,150,000
Hospitals: $9,366,000
Police Protection: $7,198,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,832,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,927,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,556,000
Central Staff Services: $2,529,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,666,000
General - Other: $1,504,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,368,000
Financial Administration: $1,139,000
Libraries: $890,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $554,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $803,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $462,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,941,000
Health and Hospitals: $936,000
Other: $386,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $26,819,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $22,009,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,171,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,361,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $372,000
Donations From Private Sources: $304,000
Fines and Forfeits: $270,000
Rents: $181,000
Sale of Property: $45,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $942,000
Police Protection: $498,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $142,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $13,032,000
Highways: $5,830,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,610,000
General Local Government Support: $3,913,000
Other: $1,956,000
Education: $1,084,000
- Tax - Property: $24,521,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,809,000
Other License: $342,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $212,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $187,000
Other: $18,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,458,000
Wood County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $16,728,000
Parks and Recreation: $540,000
Natural Resources - Other: $284,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,047,000
General Public Buildings: $2,916,000
Public Welfare - Other: $213,000
Libraries: $30,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $13,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $17,799,000
Public Welfare - Other: $15,034,000
Regular Highways: $10,150,000
Hospitals: $9,366,000
Police Protection: $7,198,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,832,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,927,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,556,000
Central Staff Services: $2,529,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,666,000
General - Other: $1,504,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,368,000
Financial Administration: $1,139,000
Libraries: $890,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $554,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $803,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $462,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,941,000
Health and Hospitals: $936,000
Other: $386,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $26,819,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $22,009,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,171,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,361,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $372,000
Donations From Private Sources: $304,000
Fines and Forfeits: $270,000
Rents: $181,000
Sale of Property: $45,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff Services: $942,000
Police Protection: $498,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $142,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $13,032,000
Highways: $5,830,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,610,000
General Local Government Support: $3,913,000
Other: $1,956,000
Education: $1,084,000
- Tax - Property: $24,521,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,809,000
Other License: $342,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $212,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $187,000
Other: $18,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,458,000
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
Most common first names in Wood County, WI among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 580 | 77.4 years |
William | 441 | 77.6 years |
Mary | 427 | 82.4 years |
Robert | 415 | 71.7 years |
George | 335 | 78.2 years |
Joseph | 311 | 78.6 years |
Edward | 289 | 77.5 years |
Margaret | 287 | 81.8 years |
Frank | 286 | 80.6 years |
James | 284 | 71.1 years |
Most common last names in Wood County, WI among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Johnson | 214 | 77.4 years |
Smith | 157 | 76.8 years |
Anderson | 148 | 78.3 years |
Miller | 110 | 78.7 years |
Olson | 105 | 76.8 years |
Nelson | 99 | 78.9 years |
Peterson | 95 | 77.7 years |
Schmidt | 91 | 79.9 years |
Schultz | 69 | 76.1 years |
Meyer | 62 | 78.8 years |
Businesses in Wood County, WI | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ace Hardware | 1 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
AmericInn | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 4 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | McDonald's | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Nike | 3 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Burger King | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Carson Pirie Scott | 1 | Quality | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
FedEx | 2 | Sleep Inn | 1 | |
Ford | 2 | Staples | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | Subway | 4 | |
GameStop | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
Goodwill | 5 | U-Haul | 5 | |
H&R Block | 1 | U.S. Cellular | 1 | |
Home Depot | 1 | UPS | 5 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Walgreens | 1 | |
Jones New York | 3 | Walmart | 1 | |
KFC | 1 | YMCA | 1 | |
La-Z-Boy | 1 |
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+)"