Oakfield, Wisconsin

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Oakfield
Oakfield, Wisconsin
Oakfield
Oakfield
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Fond du Lac County
Coordinates : 43 ° 41 ′  N , 88 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′  N , 88 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,075 (as of 2010)
101,633 (as of 2010)
Population density : 423.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.54 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 272 m
Postal code : 53065
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-58900
GNIS ID : 1570697
Website : www.villageofoakfield.com
Mayor : Gary Collien (President)

Oakfield is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Fond du Lac County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Oakfield had 1,075 residents.

Oakfield is part of the metropolitan area of Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area .

geography

Oakfield is located in southeastern Wisconsin, around 50 km west of Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Oakfield are 43 ° 41'10 "north latitude and 88 ° 32'47" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​2.54 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Oakfield , but does not belong to this.

Neighboring towns to Oakfield are Fond du Lac (14.1 km northeast), Eden (17 km east), Brownsville (12.3 km south-southeast), Mayville (14.9 km south), Waupun (18.6 km west-southwest), Brandon (25.6 km west-northwest) and Rosendale (25.8 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (116 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (99.7 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (150 miles in the same direction), Rockford , Illinois (196 km southwest), and Wisconsin's capital Madison (108 km southwest).

traffic

The US Highway 151 leads in about 4 km on the northwestern outskirts of Oakfield over. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Wild Goose State Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists, runs through Oakfield in a northeast-southwest direction . In winter, the trail can also be used on snowmobiles and skis.

With the Fond du Lac County Airport there is a small airfield 12.5 km northeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (104 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (110 km south southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Oakfield had 1,075 people in 392 households. The population density was 423.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.74 people living in each of the 392 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 57,778  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,789. 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 7, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 7, 2014
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Wild Goose State Trail.Retrieved February 7, 2014

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