Lake, Wisconsin
Lake: October paddle on the north fork of the Flambeau River
Lake: Winter sunrise over the north fork of the Flambeau River
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Population change since 2000: -14.5%
Males: 584 | (51.8%) |
Females: 544 | (48.2%) |
Median resident age: | 51.1 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Lake: | $61,731 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $37,070 (it was $19,728 in 2000)
Lake town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $176,556 (it was $85,900 in 2000)
Lake: | $176,556 |
WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $221,240; detached houses: $231,356; townhouses or other attached units: $328,766; in 2-unit structures: $155,202; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $167,011; mobile homes: $83,835
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lake, WI
- 1,10097.5%White alone
- 111.0%Hispanic
- 80.7%Asian alone
- 70.6%Two or more races
- 20.2%Black alone
Races in Lake detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Ancestries: German (56.7%), Irish (13.1%), Norwegian (8.3%), Czech (7.6%), English (5.4%), Polish (4.7%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 88.6 square miles.
Population density: 13 people per square mile (very low).
2 residents are foreign born
This town: | 0.2% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Lake town: | 1.8% ($1,557) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eau Claire, WI (89.8 miles , pop. 61,704).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (141.7 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (316.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.93 N, Longitude: 90.55 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Here: | 3.5% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Health care (13.1%)
- Paper (12.5%)
- Educational services (10.7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (7.4%)
- Wood products (6.2%)
- Construction (4.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (3.9%)
- Paper (20.5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (10.2%)
- Wood products (8.3%)
- Construction (7.2%)
- Educational services (5.5%)
- Truck transportation (5.5%)
- Plastics & rubber products (5.0%)
- Health care (24.1%)
- Educational services (17.1%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4.9%)
- Food & beverage stores (4.5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (3.8%)
- Real estate & rental & leasing (3.8%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (3.8%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (9.6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.0%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3.9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3.6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.4%)
- Registered nurses (3.1%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (12.2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (7.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6.4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3.6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3.3%)
- Fishing, hunting, and forestry occupations (3.0%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (7.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.3%)
- Registered nurses (5.2%)
- Cashiers (4.9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.5%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.2%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (3.8%)
Average climate in Lake, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Lake-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Wisconsin state average. It is 47% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/8/1985, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.7 miles away from the Lake town center killed 2 people and injured 42 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 5/10/1953, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 30.3 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 24 people.
Earthquake activity:
Lake-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 74% 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 265.5 miles away from Lake center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 277.6 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 148.9 miles away from Lake center
On 4/8/2020 at 17:14:33, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 150.8 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2020 at 18:16:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB) earthquake occurred 150.9 miles away from the city center
On 3/2/2017 at 16:53:31, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 ML) earthquake occurred 135.4 miles away from Lake center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Price County (7) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 3, Storms: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lake:
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 68 miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,414)
- Northcentral Technical College (about 79 miles; Wausau, WI; FT enrollment: 3,356)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (about 91 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 10,143)
- Chippewa Valley Technical College (about 92 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 4,038)
- University of Wisconsin-Superior (about 92 miles; Superior, WI; FT enrollment: 2,302)
- University of Minnesota-Duluth (about 96 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 10,612)
- The College of Saint Scholastica (about 97 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,762)
Public elementary/middle school in Lake:
- NORTH LAKE ELEMENTARY (Students: 401, Location: N75W31283 HIGHWAY VV, Grades: PK-8)
Points of interest:
Lakes and reservoirs: Mud Lake (A), Oxbo Lake (B), Peters Lake (C), Round Lake (D), Schnur Lake (E), Smith Lake (F), Bass Lake (G), Buckman Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Beaver Creek (A), Betsy Creek (B), Rock Creek (C), Spiller Creek (D), Weber Creek (E), Hay Creek (F), Gardner Creek (G), Flood Creek (H), Camp Seven Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Birthplace of: Jason Rae - Democratic National Committee member, Barney Augustus Eaton - Politician, Elda Emma Anderson - Physicist, Michael Lehman - Politician, Terry Tarnoff - Writer.
This town: | 2.2 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 68.4% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 6.3% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
This town: | 5.9% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Lake:
- Never married: 19.9%
- Now married: 65.7%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 7.1%
- Divorced: 6.4%
For population 25 years and over in Lake:
- High school or higher: 82.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.1 minutes
Here: | 10.3 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Lake, WI (based on Price County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 4,502 | 5 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,224 | 20 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,445 | 9 |
Other | 3 | 1 |
Orthodox | - | - |
None | 5,985 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 4.16 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 1.39 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 6.93 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 11.79 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 9.2% |
State: | 7.6% |
Price County: | 28.3% |
State: | 27.5% |
Here: | 13.1% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Lake:
- WNBI (980 AM; 1 kW; PARK FALLS, WI)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- 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)
- WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Lake:
- WCQM (98.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, LLC)
- WHBM-FM (90.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
TV broadcast stations around Lake:
- WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 10Number of bridges
- 59ft / 18.3mTotal length
- 8,168Total average daily traffic
- 299Total average daily truck traffic
- 8,901Total future (year 2037) average daily traffic
- New bridges - historical statistics
- 31960-1969
- 11970-1979
- 31990-1999
- 22000-2009
- 12010-2019
- 31.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 28.5%Wood
- 26.7%Utility gas
- 9.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.6%Electricity
- 0.4%Solar energy
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 41.7%Utility gas
- 21.7%Electricity
- 21.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 10.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 5.0%Wood
Lake compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly 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.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.