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Population (year 2000): 436. Estimated
population in July 2005: 404 (-7.3% change)
Males: 216 (49.5%), Females: 220 (50.5%)
Yellow Medicine County
Zip code:
56297
Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $38,203 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,900 (year 2000)
Races in Wood Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (55.3%), Norwegian (26.4%),
Irish (8.9%), United States (6.7%), English (4.1%), Swedish
(2.3%).
Elevation: 1050 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wood Lake
- High school or higher: 71.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wood Lake city
- Never married: 20.7%
- Now married: 63.2%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 6.8%
0.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +30 (+7.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wood Lake:
- MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL & GRANITE MANOR (about 11 miles;
GRANITE FALLS, MN)
- WEINER MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles;
MARSHALL, MN)
- CHIPPEWA COUNTY MONTEVIDEO HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
MONTEVIDEO, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Wood
Lake:
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 92 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 112 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD;
ID: FSD)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 113 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID:
ATY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wood Lake:
- GRANITE FALLS MUNI/LENZEN-ROE MEMORIAL FLD (about 7
miles; GRANITE FALLS, MN; ID: 1G2)
- SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA RGNL MARSHALL/RYAN FLD (about 24
miles; MARSHALL, MN; ID: MML)
- MONTEVIDEO-CHIPPEWA COUNTY (about 25 miles;
MONTEVIDEO, MN; ID: MVE)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wood Lake:
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 47 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 109
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 110 miles; ST
PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 113 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
Private primary/middle school in Wood Lake:
- ST JOHN LUTHERAN (Students: 17; Location: PO
BOX 155; Grades: KG - 7)
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