Tomahawk is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,385 people and five associated neighborhoods, Tomahawk is the 223rd largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tomahawk is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.82% of the Tomahawk workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tomahawk is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tomahawk who work in healthcare suport services (9.56%), office and administrative support (8.15%), and management occupations (7.51%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Tomahawk has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Tomahawk has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tomahawk than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tomahawk may be for you. One of the benefits of Tomahawk is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.73 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Tomahawk does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Tomahawk citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.79% of adults 25 and older in Tomahawk have a college degree. The per capita income in Tomahawk in 2022 was $40,497, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,988 for a family of four. However, Tomahawk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Tomahawk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tomahawk residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Tomahawk include German, Irish, Swedish, Polish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Tomahawk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
