Bloomfield, Wisconsin Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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Population (year 2000): 5,537
Males: 2,749   (49.6%)
Females: 2,788   (50.4%)

Vernon County

Median resident age:   35.8 years
Wisconsin median age:   36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $43,000 (it was $42,232 in 2000)
Bloomfield   $43,000
Wisconsin:   $47,105

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $134,100 (it was $102,800 in 2000)
Bloomfield   $134,100
Wisconsin:   $152,600

Bloomfield, WI residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Bloomfield:

  • White Non-Hispanic (92.5%)
  • Hispanic (4.0%)
  • Black (2.0%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)
  • Other race (1.2%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

Ancestries: German (36.1%), Irish (12.9%), Polish (12.1%), Italian (7.7%), English (7.0%), United States (6.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 940 feet

Land area: 32.6 square miles.

Population density: 170 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




Bloomfield

For population 25 years and over in Bloomfield

  • High school or higher: 77.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
  • Unemployed: 7.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 30.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bloomfield town

  • Never married: 25.3%
  • Now married: 51.7%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 8.4%
  • Divorced: 12.8%

284 residents are foreign born (3.1% Europe, 1.3% Latin America, 0.6% Asia).

This town:   5.1%
Wisconsin:   3.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bloomfield:   2.3% ($2,347)
Wisconsin:   2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Waukesha, WI (33.3 miles , pop. 64,825).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (44.6 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (67.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Pell Lake, WI (0.3 miles ), Genoa City, WI (3.2 miles ), Powers Lake, WI (3.8 miles ), Randall, WI (5.5 miles ), Richmond, IL (5.7 miles ), Twin Lakes, WI (6.3 miles ), Lyons, WI (6.5 miles ), Lake Geneva, WI (6.6 miles ).

Latitude: 42.54 N, Longitude: 88.35 W


People in group quarters in Bloomfield
  • 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 15 people in other workers' dormitories
  • 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 10 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 262



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)


 

Crime in Bloomfield by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 0 0 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 1 1 0 2 2
    per 100,000 17.9 17.8 0.0 35.1 35.1
Robberies 1 0 2 3 0
    per 100,000 17.9 0.0 35.2 52.7 0.0
Assaults 3 5 7 3 1
    per 100,000 53.8 89.0 123.3 52.7 17.6
Burglaries 15 33 21 22 21
    per 100,000 269.0 587.5 369.8 386.4 369.0
Thefts 56 55 66 56 37
    per 100,000 1004.3 979.2 1162.4 983.5 650.1
Auto thefts 7 7 9 4 1
    per 100,000 125.5 124.6 158.5 70.2 17.6
Arson 0 1 N/A 1 0
    per 100,000 0.0 17.8 N/A 17.6 0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 201.1) 99.5 122.3 120.3 126.4 84.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   1.08
US city average:   3.00

Bloomfield-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Wisconsin state average. It is 60% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/21/1967, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.3 miles away from the Bloomfield town center killed 24 people and injured 450 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 21.6 miles away from the town center killed 6 people and injured 75 people.


Hospitals/medical centers near Bloomfield:
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORP OF BURLINGTON (about 10 miles; BURLINGTON, WI)
  • NORTHERN ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; MCHENRY, IL)
  • HARVARD COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; HARVARD, IL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bloomfield:
  • KENOSHA REGIONAL (about 31 miles; KENOSHA, WI; ID: ENW)
  • GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL (about 43 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; ID: MKE)
  • ROCK CO (about 48 miles; JANESVILLE, WI; ID: JVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bloomfield:
  • VINCENT (about 5 miles; GENOA CITY, WI; ID: 64C)
  • GRAND GENEVA RESORT (about 5 miles; LAKE GENEVA, WI; ID: C02)
  • GALT FIELD (about 10 miles; GREENWOOD/WONDER LAKE, IL; ID: 10C)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bloomfield:
  • MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,707)
  • COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY (about 27 miles; GRAYSLAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 6,973)
  • CARROLL COLLEGE (about 33 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (about 33 miles; WHITEWATER, WI; FT enrollment: 9,493)
  • GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 34 miles; KENOSHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,575)
  • ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; ELGIN, IL; FT enrollment: 5,077)
  • WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE (about 37 miles; PALATINE, IL; FT enrollment: 8,229)

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Church in Bloomfield: Berean Grace Church (A) .

Cemeteries: Old Bloomfield Cemetery (1) , Bloomfield Cemetery (2) .

Lakes and reservoirs: Goose Pond (A) , Tombeau Lake (B) , Pell Lake (C) , Peterkin Pond (D) , 3 Reservoir (E) .

Creeks: West Branch North Branch Nippersink Creek (A) , East Branch North Branch Nippersink Creek (B) .

 

Average household size:
This town:   2.6 people
Wisconsin:   2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:   70.1%
Whole state:   66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:   5.6%
Whole state:   5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:   8.3%
Whole state:   8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:   2.2%
Whole state:   3.7%

Bloomfield compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School


2004 Presidential Election results in Vernon County Wisconsin:




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5.68% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,299 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.68%
Wisconsin average:   6.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from La Crosse County, WI  1.52% ($34,775 average AGI)
from Monroe County, WI  0.47% ($27,898)
from Crawford County, WI  0.26% ($22,667)


6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,975 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.15%
Wisconsin average:   6.22%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to La Crosse County, WI  1.91% ($28,318 average AGI)
to Monroe County, WI  0.61% ($28,281)
to Dane County, WI  0.29% ($29,935)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bloomfield:
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WZRK (1550 AM; 1 kW; LAKE GENEVA, WI)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNVR (1030 AM; 5 kW; VERNON HILLS, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WAIT (850 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
  • WKSH (1640 AM; 10 kW; SUSSEX, WI; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bloomfield:
  • WLKG (96.1 FM; LAKE GENEVA, WI; Owner: CTJ COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WZSR (105.5 FM; WOODSTOCK, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WHAD (90.7 FM; DELAFIELD, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WFZH (105.3 FM; MUKWONAGO, WI; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKKV-FM (100.7 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WBSD (89.1 FM; BURLINGTON, WI; Owner: BURLINGTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT)

TV broadcast stations around Bloomfield:
  • W34CK (Channel 34; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: FIRST UNITED, INC.)
  • W64CQ (Channel 64; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
  • WDJT-TV (Channel 58; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WDJT-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WISN-TV (Channel 12; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WISN HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))

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