Ontario, Wisconsin

Demographics

People

Total Population	475
Male Share of the Population	49.5%
Female Share of the Population	50.5%
Senior Citizens	14.7%
Employed Population 16+	181
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	59%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	8.6%
Median Earnings25+	$26,094
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$24,000
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$25,750

Wealth

Median Family Income	$47,604
% Above Poverty Level	73.6%
% Below Poverty Level	26.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	30 minutes
% Working from Home	2.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.2%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	26%
Median Gross Rent	$566
Median House Value	$75,300

Ancestry

German	31.6%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	30.1%
English	12.6%
Norwegian	11.4%
Irish	10.5%
French Except Basque	6.9%
Swedish	3.2%
Czech	2.7%
Scottish	2.5%
Polish	1.9%
Danishn	1.9%
Dutch	1.7%
Slovene	0.8%
Swiss	0.4%
Italian	0.4%
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Ontario Almanac

Category	Value
County	Vernon County
Standard Zip Codes	54651
Phone Area Codes	608
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	43.72
Approximate Longitude	-90.59

Ontario Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	CASHTON
Distance	9.7 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 22 F
Apr Temp	36 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 81 F
Oct Temp	40 to 57 F
Annual Precip	35.4 inches

Station	HILLSBORO
Distance	13.9 miles
Jan Temp	3 to 24 F
Apr Temp	33 to 57 F
Jul Temp	59 to 82 F
Oct Temp	36 to 60 F
Annual Precip	32.9 inches

Station	SPARTA
Distance	18.2 miles
Jan Temp	3 to 24 F
Apr Temp	34 to 57 F
Jul Temp	59 to 83 F
Oct Temp	37 to 60 F
Annual Precip	33 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cashton	944	$60,000
Hillsboro	1,358	$64,205
Kendall	522	$50,000
La Farge	748	$48,125
Norwalk	632	$50,000
Wilton	462	$61,750

Ontario Public Libraries

Ontario Public Library
313 MAIN ST.
Ontario, Wisconsin
(608) 337-4651

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Ontario Public Schools

Brookwood High
28861 Highway 131 N
ZIP: 54651
(608) 337-4401
High
Total Enrollment 319

Norwalk-ontario-wilton Elementary
28861 Highway 131 N
ZIP: 54651
(608) 337-4420
Primary
Total Enrollment 413

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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