Village of Almond, Portage County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers located in the Village of Almond was found in a source read this session; the school district is the clearest institutional employer.

No newspaper based in Almond was found; the Stevens Point Gazette (Portage County Gazette) is the Portage County paper on Wausau Wire's source roster.

No hospital or clinic located in the village was found in a source read this session.

The municipality is the Village of Almond, an incorporated village in Portage County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5501400).

The Village of Almond is distinct from the Town of Almond (2020 Census population 625), a separate Portage County municipality that shares a fire department and collection site with the village.

The Village of Almond covers 1.048 square miles of land and 0.002 square miles of water.

The village's Census internal point is near 44.261011, -89.408638.

The village's mailing address uses ZIP code 54909.

The 2020 Census counted 424 residents in the Village of Almond.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates the village's population at 415 as of January 1, 2025.

The Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 estimate for Almond village is 418 on July 1, 2024 (2020 estimates base 426).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the village's population is 417 (+/-137).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in the village is 35.6 years (+/-4.3).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in the village is $70,000 (+/-$13,030).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in the village is $140,000 (+/-$25,936).

A Village President and six trustees make up the Village Board, with a clerk and a treasurer.

Brian Roehrborn is Village President and chaired the September 14, 2026 regular meeting.

Trustees are Dave Johnson, Tim Manske, Dennis Schultz, Wally Tomczak, Dylan Warzynski, and Kayla Wellens.

Carol Smith is Village Clerk and Heather Burns is Treasurer; the village office phone is 715-366-8171.

Village Board meetings are regularly held the second Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m.; the next is October 12, 2026.

Voting takes place at the Village Municipal Center, 122 Main Street.

Agendas and minutes are published as dated posts on the village website, and the Summer 2026 newsletter was the last the village will produce; residents are pointed to the website and Facebook.

Standing committees include Beautification, Cemetery, Equipment, Finance, Fire/EMS, Ordinance/Personnel, Planning Commission, Properties, and Public Works.

The board approved a 2027 fire department budget of $51,035.03 on September 14, 2026, the figure the joint Town-Village fire committee set on August 31.

Other September 2026 board business included worn playground equipment at Lions Park, a semi-trailer in the right of way on Blaine Street, and a 35% drop in lagoon sludge after a biological treatment.

The village lies inside the Almond-Bancroft School District (NCES 5500240), a PK-12 district at 1336 Elm Street in Almond that enrolled 351 students in 2024-2025.

Almond-Bancroft Elementary, Middle, and High schools share the 1336 Elm Street address in Almond.

Businesses named in village records include Dee's Bar & Grill, which received approval to close Division Street for a September 26, 2026 car show.

The Almond Branch of the Portage County Public Library is at 120 Main Street, open Tuesday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m., and Wednesday through Friday 2 to 6 p.m.

Fire and EMS service is run jointly by the Town and Village of Almond through a Joint Fire Committee, under a five-year budget agreement made August 31, 2021.

The village operates the Almond Cemetery, administered through the village clerk.

The village runs a sewer utility with a lagoon, billed as a special charge on the property tax bill, and shares a waste collection site with the Town of Almond.

The Almond Historical Society, a volunteer group formed in May 1979, is based in the historic bank building on Main Street.

Bass Lake and Washburn Lake are the named lakes nearest the village in USGS GNIS.

Lions Park is a village park with playground equipment the board described in September 2026 as old and in need of replacement.

Village trick-or-treating is set for October 30, 2026, 5 to 7 p.m.

A car show and band on Division Street, hosted by Dee's Bar & Grill, was approved for September 26, 2026.

Almond incorporated as a village in 1905, according to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia says Almond began as a stagecoach stop on a Berlin to Stevens Point route, with a post office established July 8, 1850, whose postmaster, James F. Moore, was a native of Almond, New York.