Hughes, Wisconsin
Submit your own pictures of this town and show them to the world
- OSM Map
- Google Map
- MSN Map
Population change since 2000: -6.1%
Males: 207 | (54.0%) |
Females: 176 | (46.0%) |
Median resident age: | 51.9 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54847.
Hughes: | $73,281 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $41,832 (it was $17,373 in 2000)
Hughes town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $261,898 (it was $97,700 in 2000)
Hughes: | $261,898 |
WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $283,251; detached houses: $295,093; townhouses or other attached units: $452,863; in 2-unit structures: $274,116; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $123,082; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $339,992; mobile homes: $87,640; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $120,329
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Hughes, WI
- 37196.9%White alone
- 51.3%American Indian alone
- 41.0%Two or more races
- 20.5%Hispanic
- 10.3%Asian alone
Races in Hughes detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Ancestries: German (35.3%), Irish (15.4%), Norwegian (13.0%), Swedish (12.0%), English (7.1%), Polish (7.1%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 52.0 square miles.
Population density: 7.4 people per square mile (very low).
11 residents are foreign born (1.5% Asia, 1.2% North America).
This town: | 2.7% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Hughes town: | 2.0% ($1,917) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (34.2 miles , pop. 86,918).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (134.8 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (375.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 46.54 N, Longitude: 91.49 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Here: | 4.8% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Educational services (17.5%)
- Health care (14.1%)
- Accommodation & food services (10.2%)
- Public administration (9.6%)
- Food & beverage stores (6.2%)
- Construction (5.1%)
- Machinery (5.1%)
- Public administration (14.1%)
- Educational services (13.0%)
- Food & beverage stores (8.7%)
- Construction (7.6%)
- Utilities (7.6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (6.5%)
- Machinery (6.5%)
- Health care (27.1%)
- Educational services (22.4%)
- Accommodation & food services (16.5%)
- Public administration (4.7%)
- Machinery (3.5%)
- Food & beverage stores (3.5%)
- Finance & insurance (3.5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (8.5%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (6.8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (5.6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.1%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.0%)
- Registered nurses (3.4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (2.8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (9.8%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (8.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (6.5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4.3%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4.3%)
- Carpenters (4.3%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (11.8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (10.6%)
- Registered nurses (7.1%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4.7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4.7%)
Average climate in Hughes, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Hughes-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Wisconsin state average. It is 74% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/6/1969, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 35.7 miles away from the Hughes town center killed 2 people and injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 9/3/1980, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 14.7 miles away from the town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Hughes-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 69% 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 226.4 miles away from the city center
On 2/7/2020 at 18:30:28, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 87.3 miles away from the city center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 238.0 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2020 at 18:16:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB) earthquake occurred 89.5 miles away from Hughes center
On 4/8/2020 at 17:14:33, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 89.6 miles away from the city center
On 3/2/2017 at 16:53:31, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 ML) earthquake occurred 78.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Bayfield County (10) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 7, Storms: 5, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Mudslide: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hughes:
- University of Wisconsin-Superior (about 32 miles; Superior, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,302)
- University of Minnesota-Duluth (about 35 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 10,612)
- The College of Saint Scholastica (about 35 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,762)
- Lake Superior College (about 36 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,768)
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 59 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,414)
- University of Wisconsin-Stout (about 117 miles; Menomonie, WI; FT enrollment: 8,120)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (about 121 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 10,143)
Points of interest:
Lakes: Mud Lake (A), Richardson Lake (B), Russell Lake (C), Simpson Lake (D), Ahmeek Lake (E), Spring Lake (F), Bass Lake (G), Camp Eleven Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Hall Creek (A), Dahl Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
This town: | 2.3 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 72.8% |
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: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
This town: | 3.1% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Hughes:
- Never married: 15.8%
- Now married: 70.3%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 9.3%
For population 25 years and over in Hughes:
- High school or higher: 93.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.1%
- Unemployed: 9.2%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.1 minutes
Here: | 8.7 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Hughes, WI (based on Bayfield County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 3,109 | 10 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,247 | 14 |
Evangelical Protestant | 847 | 10 |
Other | 1 | 1 |
Orthodox | - | - |
None | 8,810 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Bayfield County: | 3.32 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.63 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Bayfield County: | 26.56 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.7% |
State: | 7.6% |
Bayfield County: | 27.6% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Bayfield County: | 14.3% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Hughes:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
Strongest FM radio stations in Hughes:
- WHSA (89.9 FM; BRULE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WNXR (107.3 FM; IRON RIVER, WI; Owner: GERALD J. HACKMAN)
- WEGZ (105.9 FM; WASHBURN, WI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KBMX (107.7 FM; PROCTOR, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
- WWAX (92.1 FM; HERMANTOWN, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
- WSCN (100.5 FM; CLOQUET, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- KDNI (90.5 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KQDS-FM (94.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
- KLDJ (101.7 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
- KUMD-FM (103.3 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA)
- KDAL-FM (95.7 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KKCB (105.1 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
- KUWS (91.3 FM; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS, UNIV. OF WISC. SYS.)
- WSCD-FM (92.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- KTCO (98.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KRBR-FM (102.5 FM; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Hughes:
- WDIO-TV (Channel 10; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WDIO-TV, LLC)
- KDLH (Channel 3; DULUTH, MN; Owner: CHELSEY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF DULUTH, LLC)
- KBJR-TV (Channel 6; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: KBJR LICENSE, INC.)
- KQDS-TV (Channel 21; DULUTH, MN; Owner: KQDS ACQUISITION CORP.)
- WDSE-TV (Channel 8; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TV CORPORATION)
- 65.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 22.8%Wood
- 8.7%Electricity
- 2.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.7%Utility gas
- 57.1%Wood
- 21.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 14.3%Other fuel
- 7.1%Electricity
Hughes compared to Wisconsin 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 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.
- Number of college students below state average.