Bashaw, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: +2.7%
Males: 458 | (48.4%) |
Females: 488 | (51.6%) |
Median resident age: | 46.1 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54871.
Bashaw: | $73,958 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $33,733 (it was $16,982 in 2000)
Bashaw town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $221,212 (it was $87,000 in 2000)
Bashaw: | $221,212 |
WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $263,471; detached houses: $274,298; townhouses or other attached units: $311,266; in 2-unit structures: $123,768; mobile homes: $86,388; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $30,137
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bashaw, WI
- 91496.6%White alone
- 171.8%Hispanic
- 50.5%American Indian alone
- 50.5%Two or more races
- 40.4%Asian alone
- 10.1%Black alone
Races in Bashaw detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Latest news from Bashaw, WI collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Ancestries: German (42.1%), Norwegian (16.6%), Irish (13.2%), English (11.0%), Swedish (10.0%), United States (6.6%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Elevation: 1061 feet
Land area: 33.5 square miles.
Population density: 28 people per square mile (very low).
5 residents are foreign born
This town: | 0.5% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Bashaw town: | 1.5% ($1,292) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (69.4 miles , pop. 86,918).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (79.8 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (346.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.78 N, Longitude: 91.97 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 2 buildings, average cost: $273,300
- 2021: 1 building, cost: $244,800
- 2020: 2 buildings, average cost: $237,700
- 2019: 5 buildings, average cost: $226,000
- 2018: 3 buildings, average cost: $214,500
Here: | 3.9% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Educational services (11.8%)
- Health care (11.6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (10.8%)
- Construction (10.0%)
- Public administration (6.1%)
- Accommodation & food services (3.3%)
- Food & beverage stores (3.1%)
- Construction (18.1%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (12.7%)
- Educational services (8.1%)
- Public administration (6.5%)
- Motor vehicle & parts dealers (4.2%)
- Metal & metal products (4.2%)
- Machinery (3.8%)
- Health care (24.2%)
- Educational services (16.0%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (8.7%)
- Public administration (5.6%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (4.8%)
- Finance & insurance (3.9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5.5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (5.1%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4.1%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3.9%)
- Carpenters (3.7%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7.7%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (6.9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (6.9%)
- Carpenters (6.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (5.4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4.2%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3.8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8.7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (8.2%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6.9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5.6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3.9%)
Average climate in Bashaw, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Bashaw-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 27% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/18/2001, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.3 miles away from the Bashaw town center killed 2 people and injured 16 people and caused $10 million in damages.
On 6/4/1958, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 52.7 miles away from the town center killed 21 people and injured 74 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Bashaw-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 66% 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 196.7 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 208.8 miles away from Bashaw center
On 2/7/2020 at 18:30:28, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 122.6 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2020 at 18:16:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB) earthquake occurred 126.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/8/2020 at 17:14:33, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 127.6 miles away from the city center
On 4/24/2020 at 17:23:43, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 ML) earthquake occurred 124.8 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 Washburn County (9) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Tornadoes: 3, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bashaw:
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 4 miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,414)
- University of Wisconsin-Stout (about 62 miles; Menomonie, WI; FT enrollment: 8,120)
- University of Wisconsin-Superior (about 65 miles; Superior, WI; FT enrollment: 2,302)
- Lake Superior College (about 70 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,768)
- Century College (about 72 miles; White Bear Lake, MN; FT enrollment: 7,393)
- The College of Saint Scholastica (about 72 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,762)
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (about 72 miles; River Falls, WI; FT enrollment: 5,868)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Bashaw Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Shell Lake Cemetery (1), Clam River Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Starkey Lake (A), Tozer Lake (B), Long Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sawyer Creek (A), Dahlstrom Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Bashaw: Sawyer Creek State Public Hunting Grounds (1). Display/hide its location on the map
This town: | 2.5 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 73.5% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 5.0% |
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: | 8.8% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Bashaw:
- Never married: 20.6%
- Now married: 71.5%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 2.6%
- Divorced: 4.7%
For population 25 years and over in Bashaw:
- High school or higher: 86.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.3 minutes
Here: | 9.1 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Bashaw, WI (based on Washburn County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 3,098 | 20 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,706 | 12 |
Catholic | 2,317 | 5 |
Other | 2 | 1 |
None | 7,788 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 5.40 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Washburn County: | 7.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Washburn County: | 17.41 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 9.1% |
State: | 7.6% |
Washburn County: | 27.1% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Washburn County: | 9.3% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Bashaw:
- WCSW (940 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- 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.)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Bashaw:
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKFX (97.7 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WJMC-FM (96.1 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WAQE-FM (97.7 FM; BARRON, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WOJB (88.9 FM; RESERVE, WI; Owner: LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWA PUBLIC)
- WLMX-FM (104.9 FM; BALSAM LAKE, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WHSM-FM (101.1 FM; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WXCX (105.7 FM; SIREN, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Bashaw:
- W57AS (Channel 57; SPOONER, WI; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W24CL (Channel 24; GRANTSBURG, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 3Number of bridges
- 13ft / 4.2mTotal length
- 302Total average daily traffic
- 331Total future (year 2039) average daily traffic
- 43.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 23.5%Wood
- 15.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 9.0%Utility gas
- 8.0%Electricity
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 68.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 18.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 6.2%Utility gas
- 6.2%Electricity
Bashaw 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.
- 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.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.