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Population (year 2000): 339. Estimated
population in July 2005: 311 (-8.3% change)
Males: 158 (46.6%), Females: 181 (53.4%)
Iron County
Zip code:
49927
Median resident age: 44.1 years
Median household income: $23,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $34,500 (year 2000)
Races in Gaastra:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: Polish (28.6%), Italian (19.2%),
French (11.2%), Irish (6.5%), United States (6.5%), English
(5.6%).
Elevation: 1620 feet
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gaastra
- High school or higher: 85.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 16.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gaastra city
- Never married: 19.5%
- Now married: 65.2%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 10.1%
- Divorced: 2.6%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -37 (-9.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gaastra:
- IRON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; IRON
RIVER, MI)
- DICKINSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 45 miles;
IRON MOUNTAIN, MI)
- EAGLE RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 46 miles; EAGLE
RIVER, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gaastra:
- FORD (about 39 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI;
ID: IMT)
- RHINELANDER-ONEIDA COUNTY (about 67 miles;
RHINELANDER, WI; ID: RHI)
- HOUGHTON COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 77 miles; HANCOCK,
MI; ID: CMX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gaastra:
- STAMBAUGH (about 2 miles; STAMBAUGH, MI; ID: Y73)
- IRON COUNTY (about 24 miles; CRYSTAL FALLS, MI; ID:
50D)
- PRICKETT-GROOMS FLD (about 31 miles; SIDNAW, MI; ID:
6Y9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gaastra:
- MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles;
HOUGHTON, MI; Full-time enrollment: 5,779)
- NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles;
MARQUETTE, MI; FT enrollment: 7,374)
- NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 106 miles;
WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
- NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 118
miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 119 miles;
GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
- SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE (about 119 miles; DE PERE, WI;
FT enrollment: 2,031)
- FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 121
miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
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