Downing (Wisconsin)

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Downing is a municipality ( with the status of Village ) in Dunn County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In the census in 2010 Downing had 265 inhabitants.

Geography

Downing is located in the central northwestern Wisconsin at 45 ° 02'47 " north latitude and 92 ° 07'56 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 7.67 km ².

Neighboring towns of Downing are Connorsville (13 km north), Boyceville (7.2 km east), Knapp (14 km south-southeast ), Wilson ( 13.3 km SSW ) and Glenwood City ( 4.2 km west-northwest ).

The nearest large towns are the capital of Minnesota St. Paul ( 88.6 km to the west ), Eau Claire ( 67.6 km south east ), La Crosse (195 km south-southeast ) and Rochester, Minnesota (155 km south-southwest ).

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 170 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Downing. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

A railway line belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central describes within the municipal area of Downing an arc from east to north.

With the Boyceville Municipal Airport is located 8 km east a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (104 km west).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Downing 265 people in 97 households. The population density was 34.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 97 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.

Ethnically, the population consisted with two exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.4 percent ( a person ) of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 35,625. The per capita income was $ 16,060. 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.