Mecan, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: -5.5%
Males: 359 | (52.3%) |
Females: 327 | (47.7%) |
Median resident age: | 54.4 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 53949.
Mecan: | $51,407 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $32,433 (it was $16,464 in 2000)
Mecan town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $185,121 (it was $78,600 in 2000)
Mecan: | $185,121 |
WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $259,069; detached houses: $273,846; townhouses or other attached units: $280,851; in 2-unit structures: $207,769; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $188,613; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $419,985; mobile homes: $106,094
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mecan, WI
- 66096.2%White alone
- 121.7%Black alone
- 60.9%Hispanic
- 40.6%Two or more races
- 20.3%Asian alone
- 10.1%American Indian alone
- 10.1%Other race alone
Races in Mecan detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: German (53.2%), Polish (13.1%), Irish (12.4%), English (5.4%), Norwegian (5.4%), Italian (5.1%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Elevation: 817 feet
Land area: 27.5 square miles.
Population density: 25 people per square mile (very low).
5 residents are foreign born
This town: | 0.7% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Mecan town: | 1.8% ($1,407) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Oshkosh, WI (36.5 miles , pop. 62,916).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (51.2 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (156.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 43.80 N, Longitude: 89.22 W
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2005: 7 buildings, average cost: $107,100
- 2004: 9 buildings, average cost: $69,300
- 2003: 10 buildings, average cost: $105,200
- 2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $87,600
- 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $81,100
- 2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $81,400
- 1999: 16 buildings, average cost: $101,000
- 1998: 8 buildings, average cost: $68,600
- 1997: 8 buildings, average cost: $68,600
Here: | 4.0% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Construction (11.9%)
- Health care (10.8%)
- Machinery (9.3%)
- Food (6.3%)
- Metal & metal products (6.3%)
- Educational services (5.2%)
- Accommodation & food services (4.5%)
- Construction (19.2%)
- Machinery (13.5%)
- Metal & metal products (7.7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (6.4%)
- Food (5.8%)
- Wood products (5.8%)
- Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (3.8%)
- Health care (23.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (8.0%)
- Food (7.1%)
- Educational services (7.1%)
- Social assistance (5.3%)
- Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (4.4%)
- Metal & metal products (4.4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11.5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8.6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6.7%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.6%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4.5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3.7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14.7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7.7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7.7%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.1%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (15.0%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8.0%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5.3%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5.3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5.3%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.4%)
Average climate in Mecan, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Mecan-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 68% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/18/1996, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 30.7 miles away from the Mecan town center injured 12 people and caused $40 million in damages.
On 4/3/1956, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.1 miles away from the town center killed 7 people and injured 50 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Mecan-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 12% greater than the overall U.S. average.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 376.6 miles away from Mecan center
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 162.9 miles away from the city 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 351.5 miles away from the city center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 376.6 miles away from Mecan 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 132.0 miles away from Mecan center
On 5/2/2015 at 16:23:07, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 2.8 mi) earthquake occurred 220.1 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Marquette County (8) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 5, Tornadoes: 3, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Mecan:
- MONTELLO CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; MONTELLO, WI)
- SUNNYVIEW HEALTH CARE CTR (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; PRINCETON, WI)
- SUNNYVIEW VILLAGE (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; PRINCETON, WI)
- MARKESAN RESIDENT HOME (Nursing Home, about 13 miles away; MARKESAN, WI)
- RIVERDALE MANOR (Nursing Home, about 14 miles away; MARKESAN, WI)
- GOLDEN LIVINGCENTER-CONTINENTAL MANOR OF RANDOLPH (Nursing Home, about 14 miles away; RANDOLPH, WI)
- NORTHLAND HOME HLTH (Home Health Center, about 16 miles away; WESTFIELD, WI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mecan:
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (about 37 miles; Oshkosh, WI; Full-time enrollment: 10,637)
- Marian University (about 40 miles; Fond Du Lac, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
- Moraine Park Technical College (about 40 miles; Fond du Lac, WI; FT enrollment: 3,079)
- Herzing University-Madison (about 46 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 3,160)
- Madison Area Technical College (about 48 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 9,603)
- Mid-State Technical College (about 50 miles; Wisconsin Rapids, WI; FT enrollment: 2,128)
- Fox Valley Technical College (about 51 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 5,682)
Points of interest:
Churches in Mecan include: Immanuel Church (A), Trinity Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Saint Peter Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
River: Mecan River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
This town: | 2.1 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 66.4% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This town: | 5.7% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Mecan:
- Never married: 15.8%
- Now married: 67.3%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 7.2%
For population 25 years and over in Mecan:
- High school or higher: 67.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.4 minutes
Here: | 11.1 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Mecan, WI (based on Marquette County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 3,450 | 18 |
Catholic | 2,567 | 4 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,367 | 11 |
Other | 2 | - |
None | 8,018 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 3.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.02 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Marquette County: | 11.37 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Marquette County: | 9.2% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
This county: | 30.3% |
State: | 27.5% |
Here: | 12.0% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Mecan:
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRPN (1600 AM; 5 kW; RIPON, WI)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDUX (800 AM; 5 kW; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLMV (1480 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Mecan:
- WBJZ (104.7 FM; BERLIN, WI; Owner: CAXAMBAS CORPORATION)
- WOLX-FM (94.9 FM; BARABOO, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WPKR (99.5 FM; OMRO, WI; Owner: MIDWEST DIMENSIONS, INC.)
- WAUH (102.3 FM; WAUTOMA, WI; Owner: HOMETOWN BROADCASTING LLC)
- WDDC (100.1 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTCX (96.1 FM; RIPON, WI; Owner: RADIO B/C LTD PARTNERSHIP)
- WBKY (95.9 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: MAGNUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Mecan:
- WMMF-TV (Channel 68; FOND DU LAC, WI; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF WISCONSIN, A CALIFORNIA LTD PARTNRSHP)
- WWRS-TV (Channel 52; MAYVILLE, WI; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- W64AU (Channel 64; ADAMS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 6Number of bridges
- 30ft / 9.4mTotal length
- 10,390Total average daily traffic
- 411Total average daily truck traffic
- 14,880Total future (year 2039) average daily traffic
- 69.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 14.1%Wood
- 7.8%Utility gas
- 7.0%Electricity
- 1.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 92.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 7.5%Electricity
Mecan compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.