Oakfield (Wisconsin)
Fond du Lac County
55-58900
Oakfield is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Fond du Lac County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Oakfield had 1075 inhabitants.
Oakfield is part of the metropolitan area of Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Oakfield is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin, about 50 km west of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 41'10 Oakfield " north latitude and 88 ° 32'47 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 2.54 km ² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Oakfield, but does not belong to this.
Neighboring villages of Oakfield are Fond du Lac (14,1 km northeast), Eden (17 km east), Brownsville ( 12.3 km SSE ), Mayville (22,9 km to the south), Waupun (18,6 km west-southwest ), Brandon (25,6 km west-northwest ) and Rosendale (25,8 km northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (116 km north- north-east ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 99.7 km SSE ), Chicago, Illinois (249 km in the same direction), Rockford, Illinois (196 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (108 km southwest).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 151 passes in about 4 km of the north-western outskirts of Oakfield. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In northeast-southwest direction through Oakfield with the Wild Goose State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles and skis.
The Fond du Lac County Airport is located 12.5 km north east a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (104 km southwest) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (110 km south-southeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 living in Oakfield 1075 people in 392 households. The population density was 423.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 392 households lived statistically 2.74 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 57,778. The per capita income was $ 23,789. 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.