Ephraim (Wisconsin)
Door County
55-24150
Ephraim is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Door County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Ephraim had 288 inhabitants.
Geography
Ephraim is located in eastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Green Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates of Ephraim are 45 ° 09'23 " north latitude and 87 ° 10'05 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of km ² 18:54, on 9.81 km ² land and 8.73 km ² water surface spread. The municipality Ephraim is surrounded to the east of the Town of Gibraltar and in the west of the Town of Liberty Grove, without belonging to one of them.
Neighboring cities of Ephraim are Sister Bay (6.5 km north-east ), Ellison Bay ( 15.2 km in the same direction) and Fish Creek ( 7.7 km south-west ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay (120 km southwest), Milwaukee (274 km south), Chicago, Illinois ( 420 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (344 km southwest) and Eau Claire (430 miles west).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 42 runs as the main road through Ephraim. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
The Ephraim - Gibraltar Airport is located on the southwestern outskirts of the village a small airfield. The Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is 136 km south-west lying next Regional Airport; the nearest major airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (284 km south), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ( 399 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (572 km west).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ephraim 288 people in 138 households. The population density was 29.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 138 households lived statistically 2.09 per person.
Ethnically, the population consisted with three exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
14.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 33.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 55,938. The per capita income was $ 52,998. 2.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.