- POPULATION
City of Stevens Point: 25,190
- HOUSING - URBAN AREA
Owner Occupied: 65%
Renter Occupied: 35%
Median Value Owner Occupied Housing (2005): $124,776
Median Year Structure Built: 1975
- UTILITIES
Electricity/Natural Gas Supplier: Wisconsin Public Service
Water: Municipal
Sewer: Municipal
Telephone: SBC, AT&T
Fiber Optics/Digital Microwave: Available
- TRANSPORTATION
- Highways: Interstate 39, US 10,
WI 54, WI 66 - Rail Service: Canadian National
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- Switching service daily
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- Piggyback ramp available
- Intercity Bus Service: Available
- Nearest Air Service: Stevens Point Municipal Airport
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- Runway: 6,028 feet (lighted)
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- VOR, Unicom radio, GPS approach
- Nearest Commercial Air Service: Central Wisconsin Airport (30 miles)
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- 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)
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- Medical flight service available
- Clinics: 19
- Nearby Facilities:
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- Saint Joseph's Hospital/ Ministry Health Care
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- Saint Clare's Hospital/Ministry Health Care
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- Aspirus/Wausau Hospital
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- Marshfield Clinic
- CHURCHES
Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Espiscopal, Church of Christ, Assembly of God
- INDUSTRIAL PARKS
Portage County Business Park
Stevens Point Industrial Park
- SCHOOLS AND ENROLLMENT
- University of Wisconsin -
Stevens Point: 8,645 - Mid-State Technical College - Stevens Point Campus: 460
- Stevens Point Area Public School
Disctrict: 7,321 -
- Nine elementary, two middle, one high school
- Stevens Point Area Catholic School
District: 898 -
- 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
Green Circle Trail - 24-mile hiking, biking, running trail circling urban area
- MAJOR AREA EMPLOYERS
Associated Bank – Financial
Canadian National – Railroad
Delta Dental of Wisconsin – Insurance
Donaldson Company Inc.– Manufacturing
Joerns – Manufacturing
Kimberly Clark – Paper producer
McCain Foods – Food processing
Ministry Health Care – Healthcare
NewPage – Paper producer
Portage County – Government services
Roundy’s – Grocer
Saint Michael’s Hospital – Healthcare
Sentry Insurance – Insurance
Stevens Point Area Public Schools –
Primary education
Travel Guard, Inc. (a subsidiary of CHARTIS) –
Travel insurance
UW-Stevens Point – Higher education
Worzalla Publishing – Publishing
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