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Bass Lake town, Sawyer County, WI

2,839 Population
46 square miles 61.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sawyer County: 52.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,675 ±$6,787 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sawyer County: $38,676 ±$1,897
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,071 ±$10,466 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sawyer County: $60,801 ±$3,776
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.6% ±5.3% (611  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sawyer County: 15.6% † 2,808 (±1.7% / ±306)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±1.2 (17,070  ±2,367) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sawyer County: 21.7 145,985 (±1.1 / ±10,083)
  • 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

1,248 ±114 Number of households
  • Sawyer County: 8,810 ±272
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,813  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sawyer County: 2 17,984 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.4% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sawyer County: 4.1% † 120 (±1.7% / ±49)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,120 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Sawyer County: 16,250 ±105
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$267,000 ±$53,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sawyer County: $236,200 ±$7,775
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±2.2% (177  ±61) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sawyer County: 10.7% † 1,961 (±1.4% / ±257.2)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±7.6% (1,881  ±179.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sawyer County: 93.8% 13,393 (±3.4% / ±489.3)
  • 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)
26% ±4.3% (504  ±88.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sawyer County: 27.4% 3,918 (±2% / ±279.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±0.7% (47  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sawyer County: 1.6% 287
  • 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

9.1% ±2.5% (187  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Sawyer County: 8.7% † 1,333 (±1% / ±148)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
187 Total veterans ±51 158 Male ±48 29 Female ±21

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