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Population (year 2000): 586. Estimated
population in July 2005: 608 (+3.8% change)
Males: 313 (53.4%), Females: 273 (46.6%)
Buffalo County
Zip code:
54756
Median resident age: 41.6 years
Median household income: $44,063 (year 2000)
Median house value: $73,300 (year 2000)
Races in Nelson:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Chinese (1.0%)
Ancestries: German (48.5%), Norwegian (25.4%),
Irish (8.7%), English (6.1%), Swiss (5.1%), French (3.1%).
Elevation: 690 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nelson
- High school or higher: 83.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 1.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nelson town
- Never married: 21.8%
- Now married: 66.2%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 6.3%
- Divorced: 5.7%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +21 (+3.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nelson:
- ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; WABASHA, MN)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; DURAND,
WI)
- LAKE CITY MEDICAL CENTER MAYO HEALTH (about 20
miles; LAKE CITY, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nelson:
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL (about 47 miles; EAU
CLAIRE, WI; ID: EAU)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 49 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
- LA CROSSE MUNI (about 65 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; ID:
LSE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nelson:
- WINONA MUNI-MAX CONRAD FLD (about 33 miles; WINONA,
MN; ID: ONA)
- MENOMONIE MUNICIPAL-SCORE FIELD (about 34 miles;
MENOMONIE, WI; ID: W11)
- RED WING RGNL (about 35 miles; RED WING, MN; ID: RGK)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nelson:
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT (about 32 miles;
MENOMONIE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 7,183)
- WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; WINONA, MN;
FT enrollment: 6,568)
- SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (about 37
miles; WINONA, MN; FT enrollment: 2,969)
- ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 42
miles; ROCHESTER, MN; FT enrollment: 3,368)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 44 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS (about 52 miles;
RIVER FALLS, WI; FT enrollment: 5,491)
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