Pelican, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: -4.8%
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| Males: 1,429 |  (51.7%) |
| Females: 1,335 |  (48.3%) |
| Median resident age: | 46.7 years |
| Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54501.
| Pelican: | $62,081 |
| WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $37,745 (it was $18,566 in 2000)
Pelican town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $218,677 (it was $96,400 in 2000)
| Pelican: | $218,677 |
| WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $309,003; detached houses: $324,814; townhouses or other attached units: $295,405; in 2-unit structures: $283,438; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $191,102; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $241,640; mobile homes: $91,749; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $158,067
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Pelican, WI
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- 2,66896.5%White alone
- 341.2%Two or more races
- 250.9%American Indian alone
- 240.9%Hispanic
- 120.4%Asian alone
- 10.04%Black alone
Races in Pelican detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: German (42.6%), United States (15.6%), Irish (14.9%), Polish (8.3%), Swedish (7.2%), French (6.5%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 51.5 square miles.
Population density: 54 people per square mile (very low).
19 residents are foreign born
| This town: | 0.7% |
| Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| Pelican town: | 1.4% ($1,347) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Green Bay, WI 
(100.3 miles , pop. 102,313).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (175.4 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (273.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Pine Lake, WI (2.3 miles ),
), Crescent, WI (2.5 miles ),
), Enterprise, WI (2.6 miles ),
), Stella, WI (2.6 miles ),
), Monico, WI (3.2 miles ),
), Piehl, WI (3.4 miles),
Schoepke, WI (3.5 miles )
)Latitude: 45.61 N, Longitude: 89.36 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
Population change in the 1990s: +6 (+0.2%).
- Health care (9.7%)
- Educational services (8.6%)
- Paper (6.8%)
- Public administration (6.4%)
- Accommodation & food services (6.1%)
- Construction (5.4%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (3.4%)
- Paper (12.9%)
- Construction (7.9%)
- Public administration (7.1%)
- Repair & maintenance (5.0%)
- Educational services (4.6%)
- Machinery (4.1%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (3.4%)
- Health care (17.6%)
- Educational services (12.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (9.0%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (6.0%)
- Social assistance (5.7%)
- Public administration (5.6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (2.9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5.1%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.4%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3.8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (3.6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (6.7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (5.6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5.0%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7.2%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (6.9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (6.0%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.9%)
- Child care workers (3.7%)
- Cashiers (3.6%)
Average climate in Pelican, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2022 was 4.36. This is significantly better than average.
| City: | 4.36 |
| U.S.: | 72.56 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2022 was 0.767. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 3.1 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.767 |
| U.S.: | 1.515 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2011 was 31.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 3.3 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 31.7 |
| U.S.: | 33.3 |
Tornado activity:
Pelican-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 40% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/25/1950, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 4.3 miles away from the Pelican town center killed 2 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 6/8/1985, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.8 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 42 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Pelican-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 79% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 323.1 miles away from the city center
On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 288.0 miles away from Pelican center
On 5/2/2015 at 16:23:07, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 2.8 mi) earthquake occurred 304.6 miles away from the city 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 255.5 miles away from Pelican center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 335.3 miles away from Pelican center
On 3/2/2017 at 16:53:31, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 ML) earthquake occurred 186.5 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Oneida County (8) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Winds: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Pelican:
- MINISTRY ST MARYS HOSPITAL Acute Care Hospitals (about 3 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- SACRED HEART, ST MARY'S INC HOSPICE (Hospital, about 3 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- DAVITA - PINE CREST DIALYSIS (Dialysis Facility, about 4 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- FRIENDLY VILLAGE (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- FRIENDLY VILLAGE NURSING AND REHAB CENTER (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- HORIZONS UNLIMITED (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
- TAYLOR PARK NURSING AND REHAB CTR (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; RHINELANDER, WI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pelican:
- Northcentral Technical College (about 46 miles; Wausau, WI; Full-time enrollment: 3,356)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (about 76 miles; Stevens Point, WI; FT enrollment: 9,089)
- Mid-State Technical College (about 87 miles; Wisconsin Rapids, WI; FT enrollment: 2,128)
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (about 97 miles; Green Bay, WI; FT enrollment: 6,069)
- Fox Valley Technical College (about 102 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 5,682)
- Saint Norbert College (about 103 miles; De Pere, WI; FT enrollment: 2,324)
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (about 103 miles; Green Bay, WI; FT enrollment: 5,415)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Pelican: Oneida County Ambulance Rhinelander (A), Pelican Fire and Rescue (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Sunrise Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Northland Memorial Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Perch Lake (A), Lake Thompson (B), Buck Lake (C), Bullhead Lake (D), Clear Lake (E), Cuenin Lake (F), De Marce Lake (G), Emden Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Rivers and creeks: Beaver Creek (A), Bergman Creek (B), Spring Creek (C), Lassig Creek (D), North Branch Pelican River (E), Haymeadow Creek (F), Hardell Creek (G), Twin Lakes Creek (H), Neptune Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Pelican: Holmboe Conifer Forest State Natural Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.3 people |
| Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 69.3% |
| Whole state: | 64.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
| This town: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 8.7% |
| This town: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.7% |
4 people in correctional residential facilities in 2010
For population 15 years and over in Pelican:
- Never married: 18.6%
- Now married: 64.9%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 4.6%
- Divorced: 10.5%
For population 25 years and over in Pelican:
- High school or higher: 87.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 7.2%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 13.7 minutes
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
| Here: | 9.6 |
| Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Pelican, WI (based on Oneida County data)
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 10,327 | 6 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 5,151 | 32 |
| Mainline Protestant | 4,654 | 11 |
| Other | 465 | 6 |
| Orthodox | 16 | 1 |
| None | 15,385 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
| Oneida County: | 1.66 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
| This county: | 0.28 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
| Here: | 0.28 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 24
| Oneida County: | 6.64 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 73
| Oneida County: | 20.19 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Oneida County: | 8.9% |
| Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Oneida County: | 28.3% |
| Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Oneida County: | 9.2% |
| Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Pelican:
- WOBT (1240 AM; 1 kW; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJJQ (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
- WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
- WERL (950 AM; 1 kW; EAGLE RIVER, WI)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pelican:
- WRHN (100.1 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- W210BP (89.9 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: WRVM, INC)
- WRLO-FM (105.3 FM; ANTIGO, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WHDG (97.5 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXPR (91.7 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: WHITE PINE COMMUNITY B/CASTING, INC.)
- WLSL (93.7 FM; THREE LAKES, WI; Owner: RESULTS BROADCASTING OF RHINELANDER, INC.)
- WYCO (107.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: SEEHAFER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WMQA-FM (95.9 FM; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJJQ-FM (92.5 FM; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
TV broadcast stations around Pelican:
- WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
- WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- W04CS (Channel 4; CRANDON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WTPX (Channel 46; ANTIGO, WI; Owner: PAXSON WAUSAU LICENSE, INC.)
- WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WFXS (Channel 55; WITTENBERG, WI; Owner: DAVIS TELEVISION WAUSAU, LLC)
- WBIJ (Channel 4; CRANDON, WI; Owner: SELENKA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W57AR (Channel 57; SAYNER/VILAS COUNTY, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 7Number of bridges
- 62ft / 18.5mTotal length
- $171,000Total costs
- 13,609Total average daily traffic
- 730Total average daily truck traffic
- 20,387Total future (year 2037) average daily traffic
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 71.1%Utility gas
- 14.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 6.4%Wood
- 6.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.8%Electricity
- 0.2%Coal or coke
- 69.4%Utility gas
- 13.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 10.0%Electricity
- 3.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.8%Wood
Pelican 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 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.