Blooming Grove, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: +2.7%
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| Males: 920 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 895 |  (49.3%) |
| Median resident age: | 41.5 years |
| Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 53718.
| Blooming Grove: | $97,076 |
| WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $49,851 (it was $24,263 in 2000)
Blooming Grove town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $308,278 (it was $121,000 in 2000)
| Blooming Grove: | $308,278 |
| WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $411,151; detached houses: $438,642; townhouses or other attached units: $279,342; in 2-unit structures: $335,997; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $260,203; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $281,289; mobile homes: $129,987
Blooming Grove, WI residents, houses, and apartments details
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Blooming Grove, WI
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- 1,52984.2%White alone
- 1166.4%Hispanic
- 905.0%Black alone
- 392.1%Asian alone
- 291.6%Two or more races
- 110.6%American Indian alone
- 10.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Blooming Grove detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: German (40.4%), Norwegian (13.4%), Irish (9.3%), Polish (6.3%), English (4.5%), Italian (3.9%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 7.50 square miles.
Population density: 242 people per square mile (very low).
125 residents are foreign born (3.1% Europe, 2.6% Asia, 1.4% Latin America).
| This town: | 7.1% |
| Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| Blooming Grove town: | 1.9% ($2,347) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Madison, WI 
(5.4 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (117.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Cottage Grove, WI (2.2 miles ),
), Maple Bluff, WI (2.3 miles ),
), Dunn, WI (2.4 miles ),
), Burke, WI (2.6 miles ),
), Latitude: 43.06 N, Longitude: 89.29 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 608
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Educational services (12.6%)
- Public administration (11.3%)
- Construction (11.0%)
- Health care (8.5%)
- Finance & insurance (5.7%)
- Motor vehicle & parts dealers (4.0%)
- Printing & related support activities (3.6%)
- Construction (15.7%)
- Public administration (11.2%)
- Educational services (9.8%)
- Motor vehicle & parts dealers (5.6%)
- Printing & related support activities (4.8%)
- Machinery (4.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (3.8%)
- Educational services (16.4%)
- Health care (15.4%)
- Public administration (11.4%)
- Finance & insurance (10.3%)
- Social assistance (5.7%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (5.0%)
- Construction (4.8%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.9%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (5.6%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (5.5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (5.0%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3.9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3.5%)
- Financial clerks, except bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks (3.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (8.3%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (6.6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6.1%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5.8%)
- Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4.8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.6%)
- Printing workers (3.8%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (12.9%)
- Financial clerks, except bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks (7.7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (7.7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.0%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (3.9%)
- Registered nurses (3.7%)
Average climate in Blooming Grove, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2022 was 67.8. This is about average.
| City: | 67.8 |
| U.S.: | 72.6 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2022 was 0.176. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 3.1 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.176 |
| U.S.: | 1.515 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 31.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 4.3 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 31.5 |
| U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2022 was 7.63. This is about average. Closest monitor was 3.3 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 7.63 |
| U.S.: | 8.11 |
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2005 was 0.00428. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 3.1 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.00428 |
| U.S.: | 0.00931 |
Tornado activity:
Blooming Grove-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 72% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/7/1984, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 18.9 miles away from the Blooming Grove town center killed 9 people and injured 200 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 6/17/1992, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.2 miles away from the town center injured 30 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Blooming Grove-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 35% 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 327.4 miles away from Blooming Grove 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 112.7 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 302.5 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 327.4 miles away from Blooming Grove 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 85.8 miles away from the city center
On 5/2/2015 at 16:23:07, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 2.8 mi) earthquake occurred 204.5 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 Dane County (18) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 13
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 12, Floods: 9, Tornadoes: 8, Winds: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1, Snow: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Blooming Grove:
- HOME HLTH UNITED VNS (Home Health Center, about 1 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- MONONA DRIVE REST HOME (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- KARMENTA CENTER (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- BELMONT NUR REHAB CTR (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- CITY VIEW NUR HOME (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- METHODIST HEALTH CENTER (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; MADISON, WI)
- CAPITOL LAKES HEALTH CENTER (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; MADISON, WI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Blooming Grove:
- Madison Area Technical College (about 5 miles; Madison, WI; Full-time enrollment: 9,603)
- Herzing University-Madison (about 6 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 3,160)
- University of Wisconsin Colleges (about 6 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 10,019)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (about 6 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 34,621)
- Edgewood College (about 7 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (about 32 miles; Whitewater, WI; FT enrollment: 11,124)
- Waukesha County Technical College (about 53 miles; Pewaukee, WI; FT enrollment: 4,415)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Blooming Grove Fire Department (A). 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: | 58.9% |
| Whole state: | 64.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 13.1% |
| Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
| This town: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 8.7% |
| This town: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Blooming Grove:
- Never married: 26.2%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 3.9%
- Divorced: 13.6%
For population 25 years and over in Blooming Grove:
- High school or higher: 91.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 1.9%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.2 minutes
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
| Here: | 10.9 |
| Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Blooming Grove, WI (based on Dane County data)
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 106,036 | 34 |
| Mainline Protestant | 73,128 | 113 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 30,727 | 146 |
| Other | 12,968 | 49 |
| Black Protestant | 779 | 5 |
| Orthodox | 445 | 4 |
| None | 263,990 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 73
| Dane County: | 1.53 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
| This county: | 0.04 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 5
| Here: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 154
| Dane County: | 3.24 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 382
| Dane County: | 8.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Dane County: | 11.1% |
| Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
5.62% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($67,560 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 5.62% |
| Wisconsin average: | 6.07% |
0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($96 average AGI)
Dane County: 0.01% Wisconsin average: 0.00%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Milwaukee County, WI |  0.28% ($56,222 average AGI) |
| from Cook County, IL | 0.27% ($90,113) |
| from Rock County, WI | 0.24% ($48,003) |
6.55% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($75,791 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 6.55% |
| Wisconsin average: | 6.10% |
0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($41 average AGI)
Dane County: 0.01% Wisconsin average: 0.00%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Rock County, WI | 0.35% ($59,688 average AGI) |
| to Columbia County, WI | 0.31% ($68,298) |
| to Milwaukee County, WI | 0.29% ($53,216) |
Strongest AM radio stations in Blooming Grove:
- WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLMV (1480 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WTDY (1670 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WHA (970 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: BOARD REGENTS OF UNIV OF WI SYSTEM)
- WTUX (1550 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MADISON, WI)
- WNWC (1190 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WIBA (1310 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- 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.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Blooming Grove:
- W216BL (91.1 FM; MCFARLAND, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
- WZEE (104.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WERN (88.7 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WORT (89.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: BACK PORCH RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WIBA-FM (101.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMGN (98.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WMAD-FM (92.1 FM; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHIT-FM (93.1 FM; DE FOREST, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WMMM-FM (105.5 FM; VERONA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- W215AQ (90.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WJJO (94.1 FM; WATERTOWN, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGMENT, INC.)
- WNWC-FM (102.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WWQM-FM (106.3 FM; MIDDLETON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT INC.)
- WCJZ (96.3 FM; SAUK CITY, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBZU (105.1 FM; WAUNAKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WOLX-FM (94.9 FM; BARABOO, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WSJY (107.3 FM; FORT ATKINSON, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WKPO (105.9 FM; EVANSVILLE, WI; Owner: GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WSUM (91.7 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- WJVL (99.9 FM; JANESVILLE, WI; Owner: SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Blooming Grove:
- WISC-TV (Channel 3; MADISON, WI; Owner: TELEVISION WISCONSIN, INC.)
- W23BW (Channel 23; MADISON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WMTV (Channel 15; MADISON, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WMSN-TV (Channel 47; MADISON, WI; Owner: WMSN LICENSEE, LLC)
- WKOW-TV (Channel 27; MADISON, WI; Owner: WKOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WHA-TV (Channel 21; MADISON, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- W08CK (Channel 8; MADISON-MIDDLETON, WI; Owner: HEALTHY'S, INC.)
- W38CT (Channel 38; MADISON, WI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W58CO (Channel 58; SAULT STE. MARIE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WWRS-TV (Channel 52; MAYVILLE, WI; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 32Number of bridges
- 259ft / 78.5mTotal length
- $1,848,000Total costs
- 1,314,835Total average daily traffic
- 36,019Total average daily truck traffic
- New bridges - historical statistics
- 21960-1969
- 121990-1999
- 82010-2019
- 102020-2022
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers:
1- 4345 Buckeye Road (Lat: 43.074167 Lon: -89.275944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58 m, Call Sign: WPLR297,
Assigned Frequencies: 157.740 MHz, 157.740 MHz, Grant Date: 12/11/1997, Expiration Date: 12/11/2007, Cancellation Date: 01/26/2008, Certifier: Eugene H Kreeft, Registrant: Preferred Networks Inc, 5801 Goshen Springs Rd, Suite D, Norcross, GA 30071, Fax: (770) 734-0936
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 86.6%Utility gas
- 6.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 5.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.4%Electricity
- 73.8%Utility gas
- 26.2%Electricity
Blooming Grove compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed 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.