Hampden, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: +2.0%
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| Males: 280 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 294 |  (51.2%) |
| Median resident age: | 44.3 years |
| Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 53925.
| Hampden: | $88,334 |
| WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $40,952 (it was $21,406 in 2000)
Hampden town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $323,300 (it was $144,200 in 2000)
| Hampden: | $323,300 |
| WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $327,309; detached houses: $337,146; townhouses or other attached units: $267,084; in 2-unit structures: $277,464; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $247,432; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $305,110; mobile homes: $52,521
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Hampden, WI
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- 54394.6%White alone
- 183.1%Hispanic
- 71.2%Two or more races
- 50.9%Asian alone
- 10.2%Black alone
Races in Hampden detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: German (49.4%), Norwegian (22.0%), English (9.9%), Irish (7.5%), Dutch (3.9%), United States (3.9%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 35.7 square miles.
Population density: 16 people per square mile (very low).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| Hampden town: | 1.3% ($1,885) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Madison, WI 
(20.9 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (129.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Otsego, WI (2.1 miles ),
), Leeds, WI (2.5 miles ),
), Doylestown, WI (2.6 miles ),
), Lowville, WI (2.7 miles ),
), Rio, WI (2.8 miles ),
), Fountain Prairie, WI (2.9 miles ),
), Latitude: 43.34 N, Longitude: 89.20 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 920
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (11.7%)
- Health care (11.1%)
- Educational services (7.5%)
- Construction (6.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.7%)
- Public administration (5.1%)
- Truck transportation (3.9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (17.4%)
- Construction (9.8%)
- Truck transportation (7.1%)
- Metal & metal products (6.0%)
- Public administration (5.4%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (5.4%)
- Repair & maintenance (4.9%)
- Health care (23.3%)
- Educational services (15.3%)
- Accommodation & food services (8.7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (4.7%)
- Public administration (4.7%)
- Finance & insurance (4.7%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (3.3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9.3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (6.3%)
- Agricultural workers, including supervisors (4.5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4.5%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4.5%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.2%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14.7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (11.4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8.2%)
- Agricultural workers, including supervisors (6.5%)
- Carpenters (3.8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3.8%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (6.7%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (6.0%)
- Registered nurses (6.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.0%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5.3%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5.3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.3%)
Average climate in Hampden, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2022 was 67.3. This is about average.
| City: | 67.3 |
| U.S.: | 72.6 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2022 was 0.176. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.3 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 10.7 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 18.4 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 10.7 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.00428 |
| U.S.: | 0.00931 |
Tornado activity:
Hampden-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 76% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/7/1984, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 16.8 miles away from the Hampden town center killed 9 people and injured 200 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 9/26/1951, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.4 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 9 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Hampden-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 25% 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 344.9 miles away from Hampden 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 130.9 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 319.9 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 345.0 miles away from Hampden 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 101.2 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 205.9 miles away from Hampden 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 Columbia County (10) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 6, Storms: 6, Tornadoes: 3, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Hampden:
- COLUMBUS CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; COLUMBUS, WI)
- COLUMBUS NURSING AND REHAB CTR (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; COLUMBUS, WI)
- COLUMBUS COM HSPTL Critical Access Hospitals (about 11 miles away; COLUMBUS, WI)
- SUN PRAIRIE HEALTH CARE CTR (Nursing Home, about 11 miles away; SUN PRAIRIE, WI)
- THE WILLOWS NURSING AND REHAB (Nursing Home, about 12 miles away; SUN PRAIRIE, WI)
- COLUMBIA HLTH CARE CTR (Nursing Home, about 13 miles away; WYOCENA, WI)
- OAKWOOD VILLAGE EAST HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER (Nursing Home, about 14 miles away; MADISON, WI)
Amtrak stations near Hampden:
- 10 miles: COLUMBUS (359 LUDINGTON ST.) . Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
- 20 miles: PORTAGE (400 W. ONEIDA ST.) . Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hampden:
- Herzing University-Madison (about 15 miles; Madison, WI; Full-time enrollment: 3,160)
- Madison Area Technical College (about 17 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 9,603)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (about 22 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 34,621)
- University of Wisconsin Colleges (about 22 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 10,019)
- Edgewood College (about 23 miles; Madison, WI; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (about 42 miles; Whitewater, WI; FT enrollment: 11,124)
- Marian University (about 50 miles; Fond Du Lac, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
Points of interest:
Cemetery: Hampden Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people |
| Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 76.0% |
| Whole state: | 64.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
| This town: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 8.7% |
| This town: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Hampden:
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 67.5%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 4.3%
- Divorced: 6.3%
For population 25 years and over in Hampden:
- High school or higher: 82.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.7 minutes
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
| Here: | 10.1 |
| Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
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Religion statistics for Hampden, WI (based on Columbia County data)
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 11,473 | 9 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 9,990 | 44 |
| Mainline Protestant | 9,911 | 34 |
| Other | 9 | 3 |
| None | 25,450 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 10
| Columbia County: | 1.81 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
| Columbia County: | 0.36 / 10,000 pop. |
| Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 35
| Columbia County: | 6.35 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 68
| This county: | 12.33 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Columbia County: | 26.8% |
| Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Here: | 14.0% |
| Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Hampden:
- WNWC (1190 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WLMV (1480 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WTDY (1670 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHA (970 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: BOARD REGENTS OF UNIV OF WI SYSTEM)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHFA (1240 AM; 1 kW; POYNETTE, WI; Owner: STARBOARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WIBA (1310 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Hampden:
- WJWD (90.3 FM; MARSHALL, WI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WTLX (100.5 FM; COLUMBUS, WI; Owner: GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WOLX-FM (94.9 FM; BARABOO, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WERN (88.7 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WBZU (105.1 FM; WAUNAKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WMAD-FM (92.1 FM; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZEE (104.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIBA-FM (101.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WORT (89.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: BACK PORCH RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHIT-FM (93.1 FM; DE FOREST, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WCJZ (96.3 FM; SAUK CITY, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJJO (94.1 FM; WATERTOWN, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGMENT, INC.)
- WDDC (100.1 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W215AQ (90.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WMGN (98.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WMMM-FM (105.5 FM; VERONA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WNWC-FM (102.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WXRO (95.3 FM; BEAVER DAM, WI; Owner: GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WWQM-FM (106.3 FM; MIDDLETON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Hampden:
- WISC-TV (Channel 3; MADISON, WI; Owner: TELEVISION WISCONSIN, INC.)
- 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)
- WMTV (Channel 15; MADISON, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WWRS-TV (Channel 52; MAYVILLE, WI; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- W23BW (Channel 23; MADISON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WMMF-TV (Channel 68; FOND DU LAC, WI; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF WISCONSIN, A CALIFORNIA LTD PARTNRSHP)
- W38CT (Channel 38; MADISON, WI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W58CO (Channel 58; SAULT STE. MARIE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 4Number of bridges
- 16ft / 5.0mTotal length
- 4,656Total average daily traffic
- 96Total average daily truck traffic
- 2,610Total future (year 2039) average daily traffic
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 71.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 22.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 5.1%Wood
- 1.1%Electricity
- 63.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 18.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 13.6%Utility gas
- 4.5%Wood
Hampden compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage 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.
- Number of college students below state average.