COMMUNITY STATISTICS
 Village of Plover

     

  • POPULATION

    • 11,445


  • HOUSING

    • Owner Occupied: 71%
    Renter Occupied: 29%
    Median Value Owner Occupied Housing (2005): $139,655
    Median Year Structure Built: 1985


  • UTILITIES

    • Electricity Supplier: Wisconsin Public Service
    Water: Municipal
    Telephone: SBC, AT&T
    Fiber Optics/Digital Microwave: Available


  • TRANSPORTATION
    • Highways: Interstate 39, US 10,
    WI 54, WI 66
    Rail Service: Canadian National
  • Switching service daily
  • Piggyback ramp available
    • Intercity Bus Service: Available
    Nearest Air Service: Stevens Point Municipal Airport
  • Runway: 6,028 feet (lighted)
  • VOR, Unicom radio, GPS approach
    • Nearest Commercial Air Service: Central Wisconsin Airport (30 miles)
  • Northwest, United, Midwest

  • FREIGHT SERVICE/PACKAGE DELIVERY

    • Six local motor freight carriers serve the area
    United Parcel Service regional hub
    Spee Dee Delivery terminal


  • HEALTHCARE
    • Hospitals: Saint Michael's Hospital/ Ministry Health Care (181 beds)
  • Medical flight service available
    • Clinics:19
    Nearby Facilities:
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital/ Ministry Health Care
  • Saint Clare's Hospital/Ministry Health Care
  • Aspirus/Wausau Hospital
  • Marshfield Clinic

  • CHURCHES

    • Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Espiscopal, Church of Christ, Assembly of God


  • INDUSTRIAL PARKS

    • Pines Corporate Centre Business Park
    Plover Industrial Park

     

  • SCHOOLS
    • University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
    Mid-State Technical College
    Stevens Point Area Public School Disctrict
  • Nine elementary, two middle, one high school
    • Stevens Point Area Catholic School District
  • Three elementary, one middle, one high school


  • COMMUNICATIONS

    • Newspapers: One daily, one weekly
    Television: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS,
    Charter Cable
    Radio: 6 FM, 1 AM


  • CLIMATE

    • January Average High: 23 F
    July Average High: 82 F
    Average Rainfall: 32 inches
    Average Snowfall: 41 inches


  • RECREATION

    • Public Parks (within 10 miles): 36
    Public Pools: 1
    Public Golf Courses: 2
    Private Golf Courses: 1


  • MAJOR AREA EMPLOYERS

    • RR Donnelley – Manufacturing
    Del Monte Corporation – Food processing
    Foremost Farms USA­ – Food processing
    Golden County Foods – Food processing
    McCain Foods – Food processing
    Penford – Food processing
    Pointe Precision – Manufacturing
    Portage County Highway Dept. –
       Government services
    Roundy’s – Grocer
    Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. –    Manufacturing
    Spee Dee Delivery – Delivery service
    Stevens Point Area Public Schools –
       Primary education
    Village of Plover – Government services


  Plover   Village of Plover
2400 Post Road
P.O. Box 37
Plover, WI 54467
715-345-5250
E-mail: rholden@ploverwi.gov
Website: www.ploverwi.gov