Adams vs Lake Arrowhead

A side-by-side comparison of Adams and Lake Arrowhead: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams and Lake Arrowhead are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams has the higher population (2,144 vs 832 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $41,917 in Adams). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($305,200 vs $101,200 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
Population	2,144	832
Median age	43.5 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$83,125
Median home value	$101,200	$305,200
Median gross rent	$701	—
Housing units	933	680
Homeownership rate	51.3%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
Population	2,135 → 2,144 (+0.4%)	853 → 832 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$30,806 → $41,917 (+36.1%)	$58,906 → $83,125 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $101,200 (+19.8%)	$199,800 → $305,200 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $701 (+35.3%)	—

Adams

Population

2,1352,144

Median household income

$30,806$41,917

Median home value

$84,500$101,200

Median gross rent

$518$701

Lake Arrowhead

Population

853832

Median household income

$58,906$83,125

Median home value

$199,800$305,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	3.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	28.2%
75 and over	12.5%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	85.2%	73.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	18.5%
Other means	1.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	70.3%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	23.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.43	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	43
Median year structure built	1974	1995