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Shell Lake city, Washburn County, WI

1,513 Population
5.8 square miles 258.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washburn County: 52.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,049 ±$6,590 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washburn County: $36,411 ±$1,333
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$56,875 ±$13,464 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washburn County: $61,270 ±$2,878
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

9% ±2.3% (130  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washburn County: 11.7% † 1,940 (±1.4% / ±233)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

19.5 minutes ±2.7 (9,670  ±2,507) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washburn County: 23.1 146,160 (±1 / ±7,921)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

629 ±60 Number of households
  • Washburn County: 7,529 ±164
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.2 (1,422  ±196) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Washburn County: 2.2 16,521 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.3% ±3.8% (13  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washburn County: 4.8% † 133 (±1.6% / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

938 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Washburn County: 12,823 ±45
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$207,100 ±$29,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Washburn County: $207,900 ±$7,789
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

12% ±2.7% (181  ±47.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washburn County: 10% † 1,665 (±1.2% / ±206)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92.5% ±4.3% (967  ±109.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washburn County: 93.7% 11,901 (±2.8% / ±363.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
28.7% ±4.1% (300  ±52.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washburn County: 23.6% 2,990 (±1.3% / ±170.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±2.2% (31  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washburn County: 1.5% 251
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

9.6% ±2.7% (110  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Washburn County: 9.6% 1,317 (±0.9% / ±123)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
110 Total veterans ±33 97 Male ±29 13 Female ±8

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