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Population (year 2000): 317. Estimated
population in July 2005: 319 (+0.6% change)
Males: 167 (52.7%), Females: 150 (47.3%)
Dunn County
Zip code:
54772
Median resident age: 35.7 years
Median household income: $25,938 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,300 (year 2000)
Races in Wheeler:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
Ancestries: Norwegian (31.2%), German (25.6%),
Irish (11.4%), English (8.2%), French (5.4%), Dutch (4.1%).
Elevation: 938 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wheeler
- High school or higher: 70.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 11.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 35.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wheeler village
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 45.9%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 12.0%
- Divorced: 18.6%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -32 (-9.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wheeler:
- MYRTLE WERTH HOSPITAL MAYO HEALTH SYST (about 13
miles; MENOMONIE, WI)
- BARRON MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYO (about 25 miles;
BARRON, WI)
- BLOOMER MEDICAL CTR (about 30 miles; BLOOMER, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wheeler:
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL (about 33 miles; EAU
CLAIRE, WI; ID: EAU)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 89 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 92
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wheeler:
- BOYCEVILLE MUNI (about 8 miles; BOYCEVILLE, WI; ID:
3T3)
- MENOMONIE MUNICIPAL-SCORE FIELD (about 12 miles;
MENOMONIE, WI; ID: W11)
- BARRON MUNI (about 26 miles; BARRON, WI; ID: 9Y7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wheeler:
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT (about 13 miles;
MENOMONIE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 7,183)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 35 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
- CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 35 miles;
EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
- WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 49
miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS (about 51 miles;
RIVER FALLS, WI; FT enrollment: 5,491)
- WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; WINONA, MN;
FT enrollment: 6,568)
- SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (about 72
miles; WINONA, MN; FT enrollment: 2,969)
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