- State:WisconsinCounty:Bayfield CountyZips:54816,54839,54844,54827,54832,54865,54856,54847,54821,54891,54814Coordinates:46.63543432797337, -91.1806847654528Area total:2041.70 sq. mi., 5287.98 sq. km, 1306688.00 acresArea land:1477.87 sq. mi., 3827.68 sq. km, 945839.36 acresArea water:563.83 sq. mi., 1460.30 sq. km, 360848.64 acresEstablished:1845Capital seat:
Washburn
Address: 117 E 5Th St
County Courthouse
Washburn, WI 54891-4522
Governing Body: Board of Supervisors with 13 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States
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- Population:16,220; Population change: 8.03% (2010 - 2020)Population density:11 persons per square mileHousehold income:$42,695Households:6,607Unemployment rate:9.30% per 7,399 county labor force
- Sales taxes:5.50%Income taxes:6.75%GDP:$418.24 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Bayfield County's population of Wisconsin of 15,006 residents in 1930 has increased 1,08-fold to 16,220 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.60% female residents and 50.40% male residents live in as of 2020, 61.19% in Bayfield County, Wisconsin are married and the remaining 38.81% are single population.
As of 2020, 61.19% in Bayfield County, Wisconsin are married and the remaining 38.81% are single population.
- Housing units:13,238 residential units of which 56.14% share occupied residential units.
22.7 minutes is the average time that residents in Bayfield County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
73.22% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.08% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.07% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 6.83% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Bayfield County, Wisconsin 42.32% are owner-occupied homes, another 9.05% are rented apartments, and the remaining 48.63% are vacant.
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The 37.15% of the population in Bayfield County, Wisconsin who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 35.540%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 63.080%) of those eligible to vote in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
