Tomahawk is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,721 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Tomahawk is the 178th largest community in Wisconsin. Tomahawk has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Tomahawk is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tomahawk is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tomahawk who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.16%), sales jobs (11.48%), and healthcare support services (5.65%).

Also of interest is that Tomahawk has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.19 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small city, Tomahawk doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Tomahawk Information and Demographics

The population of Tomahawk overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Tomahawk, 17.44% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tomahawk in 2000 was $17,277, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,108 for a family of four.

The people who call Tomahawk home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tomahawk is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tomahawk include German, Polish, Norwegian, Irish, French Canadian, French, Swedish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Tomahawk is English.