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Ladysmith, WI

3,152 Population
4.2 square miles 745.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rusk County: 49.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,325 ±$3,824 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rusk County: $32,642 ±$1,141
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$40,104 ±$13,564 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rusk County: $58,322 ±$2,525
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

18.9% ±8.7% (574  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rusk County: 12.5% † 1,737 (±1.9% / ±268)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17 minutes ±3.5 (21,010  ±5,390) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Rusk County: 27 146,770 (±1.4 / ±9,834)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,585 ±105 Number of households
  • Rusk County: 6,259 ±145
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
1.9 ±0.1 (3,036  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rusk County: 2.2 13,957 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.3% ±3.3% (28  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rusk County: 5.3% † 129 (±1.4% / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,698 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Rusk County: 8,679 ±55
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$88,800 ±$15,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rusk County: $152,000 ±$7,852
  • about one-third of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

17% ±8% (533  ±249) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rusk County: 9.2% † 1,284 (±2% / ±280.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

94.9% ±8.9% (2,229  ±246.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rusk County: 92.3% 9,610 (±3% / ±312.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
18.5% ±4.6% (435  ±111.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rusk County: 16.3% 1,697 (±1.4% / ±148.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.3% ±0.9% (40  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rusk County: 0.9% 126
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7% ±2.5% (180  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rusk County: 9.2% 1,039 (±0.8% / ±93)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
180 Total veterans ±65 144 Male ±56 36 Female ±27

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