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Population (year 2000): 518. Estimated
population in July 2005: 537 (+3.7% change)
Males: 257 (49.6%), Females: 261 (50.4%)
Zip code:
54817
Median resident age: 41.3 years
Median household income: $23,636 (year 2000)
Median house value: $62,500 (year 2000)
Races in Birchwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.8%)
- American Indian (3.3%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
Ancestries: German (33.6%), Norwegian (13.3%),
Czech (10.4%), Irish (9.1%), English (7.5%), Polish (7.3%).
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Birchwood
- High school or higher: 82.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 15.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Birchwood village
- Never married: 24.8%
- Now married: 49.4%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 8.3%
- Divorced: 17.5%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +58 (+12.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Birchwood:
- LAKEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; RICE LAKE,
WI)
- HAYWARD AREA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles;
HAYWARD, WI)
- BARRON MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYO (about 28 miles;
BARRON, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Birchwood:
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL (about 56 miles; EAU
CLAIRE, WI; ID: EAU)
- DULUTH INTL (about 92 miles; DULUTH, MN; ID: DLH)
- GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY (about 116 miles; IRONWOOD, MI;
ID: IWD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Birchwood:
- RICE LAKE REGIONAL - CARL'S FIELD (about 23 miles;
RICE LAKE, WI; ID: RPD)
- CHETEK MUNI-SOUTHWORTH (about 26 miles; CHETEK, WI;
ID: Y23)
- SHELL LAKE MUNI (about 26 miles; SHELL LAKE, WI; ID:
SSQ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Birchwood:
- WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 31
miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,045)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT (about 61 miles;
MENOMONIE, WI; FT enrollment: 7,183)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 61 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 80 miles;
SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 87 miles;
DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 92 miles; DULUTH, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,512)
Public high school in Birchwood:
- BIRCHWOOD HI (Students: 112; Location: 300 S
WILSON ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Birchwood:
- BIRCHWOOD EL (Students: 213; Location: 300 S
WILSON ST; Grades: PK - 08)
- BIRCHWOOD MIDDLE (Location: 300 S WILSON ST;
Grades: N - N )
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