Park Ridge, Wisconsin

Park Ridge is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States and is a suburb of Stevens Point. It is included in the Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 488 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Park Ridge is located at (44.519996, -89.546338).^[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 488 people, 211 households, and 147 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,243.8 people per square mile (856.4/km²). There were 216 housing units at an average density of 993.2 per square mile (379.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.75% White, 0.20% African American, 1.84% Asian, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.

There were 211 households out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the village the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $57,031, and the median income for a family was $70,962. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $28,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $28,074. None of the families and 0.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.