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Ladysmith, WI

3,227 Population
4.2 square miles 763.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rusk County: 49.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,435 ±$3,850 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rusk County: $33,309 ±$1,153
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,719 ±$12,928 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rusk County: $59,944 ±$2,781
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±6.9% (583  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rusk County: 13.1% † 1,829 (±1.8% / ±247)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±3.2 (22,170  ±5,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rusk County: 26.9 144,745 (±1.4 / ±9,288)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,694 ±82 Number of households
  • Rusk County: 6,355 ±147
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.1 (3,073  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rusk County: 2.2 13,997 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±3.2% (13  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rusk County: 5.1% † 126 (±1.4% / ±35)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,775 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Rusk County: 8,663 ±48
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,200 ±$19,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rusk County: $163,400 ±$5,993
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±5% (457  ±162.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rusk County: 8.5% † 1,192 (±1.6% / ±218.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±9.5% (2,401  ±253.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rusk County: 92.9% 9,712 (±3.2% / ±332)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±4.4% (500  ±109.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rusk County: 16.9% 1,769 (±1.5% / ±159.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1% (54  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rusk County: 1.1% 155
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.1% (183  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rusk County: 9.1% † 1,026 (±0.9% / ±104)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
183 Total veterans ±57 160 Male ±53 23 Female ±20

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