Hobart, Wisconsin

[6] Hobart is a part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The village is located entirely within the treaty boundaries of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.

[9] In 2008, a federal judge upheld restrictive property covenants added to deeds by the Village of Hobart to prevent transfer of certain reservation properties into Oneida federal trust land.

[10] In 2010, the village denied a liquor license to an Oneida business on the grounds that the tribe had not paid over $100,000 in stormwater fees for parcels held in tribal trust land; the tribe held that the village had no jurisdiction to charge such fees on tribal trust land.

The Oneida Nation sued Hobart in US District Court, and appealed the initial ruling in favor of the village.

[11] In 2020, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling in the wake of the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, holding that the tribe had the right to hold its annual event whether or not it received a permit from the village.

[12] Public records indicate that in the nine-year period from 2011–2020, Hobart spent nearly $1,000,000 in litigation costs for these court cases.

12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

DOT sign for Hobart
Several houses in Hobart