Medford, Wisconsin

Medford
	; In the center of Medford
Location in Wisconsin
	Medford
	Medford
Basic data
Foundation :	1889 (incorporated)
State :	United States
State :	Wisconsin
County :	Taylor County
Coordinates :	45 ° 8 ′ N , 90 ° 20 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 8 ′ N , 90 ° 20 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	4,326 (as of 2010)
Population density :	367.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	11.76 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height :	448 m
Structure:	four districts
Postal code :	54451
Area code :	+1 534, 715
FIPS :	55-50425
GNIS ID :	1569306
Website :	www.citymedfordwi.com
Mayor :	Michael R. Wellner
	; Medford Town Hall

Medford is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Taylor County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Medford had 4,326 residents.

geography

Medford is located in north-central Wisconsin on both sides of the Black River , a left tributary of the Mississippi .

The geographical coordinates of Medford are 45 ° 08'19 "north latitude and 90 ° 20'25" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 11.76 km² and is surrounded in the west, north and east by the Town of Medford and in the south by the Town of Little Black , without belonging to one of them.

Neighboring towns to Medford are Whittlesey (6.5 miles north), Goodrich (12 miles east), Stetsonville (7.7 miles southeast) and Little Black (2.5 miles south).

The closest major cities are Eau Claire (122 km southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (266 km in the same direction), the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (245 km west), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (293 km) km northwest), Wausau (77.6 km east-southeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (226 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (366 km southeast), and Wisconsin's capital, Madison (301 km southeast).

traffic

In the city center, Wisconsin State Highways 13 and 64 intersect . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Medford is the northern terminus of a freight line on the Canadian National Railway (CN).

With the Taylor County Airport there is a small airfield 6 km south. The nearest regional airport is Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (86.1 km southeast). The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (265 km to the west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Medford had 4,326 people in 1982 households. The population density was 367.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 1982 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,032 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,380. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.