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Lake Wazeecha, Wisconsin.

A community in Wood County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Wood County’s.

Living in Lake Wazeecha, Wood County, Wisconsin

Lake Wazeecha, in Wood County, had 3,107 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $93,346 a year and half less, against $67,989 across Wood County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. Unemployment in Wood County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 3,107 in the 2020 census; median age 54.7
Household income $93,346 the median, give or take $14,317 · Wood County: $67,989
Unemployment 3.6% Wood County, August 2026; 3.3% a year before
Homes 88% lived in by their owners; 12% rented
  • 1,236households
  • 30%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing27%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wood County had 35,407 jobs in 2025, 2.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 24° and 5°; warmest in July, 81° and 58° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 24° 5° F M A M J J 81° 58° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 24° and 5°; warmest in July, 81° and 58° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 24° 5° F M A M J J 81° 58° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 24° and lows near 5°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 58°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wisconsin Rapids weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Wood County

  1. Roehl TransportTrucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload2,868
  2. Marshfield Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,592FTE
  3. Wisconsin Rapids School DistrictSchool district673FTE
  4. Marshfield Unified School DistrictSchool district468FTE
  5. Nekoosa0411
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters399
  7. Aspirus Riverview Hospital & ClinicsGeneral hospital388FTE
  8. Mid-State Technical CollegeTwo-year college351

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 104 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,133 people in all across the county; Lake Wazeecha has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively moderate
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Wood County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Wood County.