Knox, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: -14.5%
Males: 174 | (51.0%) |
Females: 167 | (49.0%) |
Median resident age: | 48.2 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54513.
Knox: | $44,726 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $38,847 (it was $20,674 in 2000)
Knox town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $128,666 (it was $62,600 in 2000)
Knox: | $128,666 |
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 Knox, WI
- 33999.4%White alone
- 20.6%American Indian alone
Races in Knox detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Ancestries: German (33.3%), Swedish (10.3%), Irish (7.3%), Norwegian (7.3%), English (5.8%), French (4.8%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 48.1 square miles.
Population density: 7.1 people per square mile (very low).
Knox town: | 1.4% ($850) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eau Claire, WI (85.1 miles , pop. 61,704).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (152.9 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (283.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.55 N, Longitude: 90.09 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Here: | 3.5% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (21.4%)
- Educational services (9.8%)
- Machinery (6.9%)
- Health care (4.6%)
- Truck transportation (4.6%)
- Wood products (4.0%)
- Finance & insurance (4.0%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (34.0%)
- Machinery (10.3%)
- Truck transportation (8.2%)
- Wood products (7.2%)
- Construction (6.2%)
- Paper (5.2%)
- Transportation equipment (5.2%)
- Educational services (15.8%)
- Health care (10.5%)
- Finance & insurance (9.2%)
- Metal & metal products (7.9%)
- Food & beverage stores (7.9%)
- U. S. Postal service (7.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.9%)
- Fishing, hunting, and forestry occupations (12.1%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (9.2%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (7.5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (5.8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5.2%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4.6%)
- Financial managers (4.0%)
- Fishing, hunting, and forestry occupations (21.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (14.4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7.2%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6.2%)
- Agricultural workers, including supervisors (4.1%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.1%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (14.5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (13.2%)
- Financial managers (9.2%)
- Top executives (6.6%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5.3%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (5.3%)
Average climate in Knox, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Knox-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 30% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/10/1953, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 16.4 miles away from the Knox town center killed 2 people and injured 24 people.
On 6/25/1950, a category F4 tornado 24.7 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Knox-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 76% 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 288.1 miles away from the city center
On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 288.9 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 300.2 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 326.1 miles away from Knox 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 259.9 miles away from the city center
On 2/7/2020 at 18:30:28, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 183.3 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
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 Knox:
- Northcentral Technical College (about 45 miles; Wausau, WI; Full-time enrollment: 3,356)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (about 75 miles; Stevens Point, WI; FT enrollment: 9,089)
- Mid-State Technical College (about 82 miles; Wisconsin Rapids, WI; FT enrollment: 2,128)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (about 87 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 10,143)
- Chippewa Valley Technical College (about 87 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 4,038)
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 90 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,414)
- University of Wisconsin-Stout (about 101 miles; Menomonie, WI; FT enrollment: 8,120)
Points of interest:
Churches in Knox include: Zion Church (A), Forest View Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Finnish Cemetery (1), Knox Cemetery (2), Saint Marys Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: 0.39 Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Somo Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
This town: | 2.2 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 64.1% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 7.7% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
This town: | 10.8% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Knox:
- Never married: 19.6%
- Now married: 63.2%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 9.8%
- Divorced: 6.1%
For population 25 years and over in Knox:
- High school or higher: 70.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
- Unemployed: 10.4%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.1 minutes
Here: | 10.0 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Knox, 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:
Price County: | 4.16 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 1.39 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.93 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Price County: | 11.79 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 9.2% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
This county: | 28.3% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
This county: | 13.1% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Knox:
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJJQ (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
- WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST 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.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Knox:
- WHBM-FM (90.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WJJQ-FM (92.5 FM; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
- WMQA-FM (95.9 FM; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCQM (98.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Knox:
- 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.)
- WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
- W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 2Number of bridges
- 3ft / 1.3mTotal length
- 2,276Total average daily traffic
- 245Total average daily truck traffic
- 3,673Total future (year 2039) average daily traffic
- 64.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 21.7%Wood
- 11.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.3%Utility gas
- 1.3%Electricity
- 81.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 18.5%Wood
Knox compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age 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 significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.