Adams vs Lake Sherwood

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

Adams and Lake Sherwood 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 382 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $41,917 in Adams). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $101,200 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
Population	2,144	382
Median age	43.5 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$88,073
Median home value	$101,200	$279,900
Median gross rent	$701	—
Housing units	933	533
Homeownership rate	51.3%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
Population	2,135 → 2,144 (+0.4%)	361 → 382 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$30,806 → $41,917 (+36.1%)	$61,641 → $88,073 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $101,200 (+19.8%)	$237,100 → $279,900 (+18.1%)
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 Sherwood

Population

361382

Median household income

$61,641$88,073

Median home value

$237,100$279,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	2.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	2.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	2.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	38.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	28.3%
75 and over	12.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	98.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	85.2%	56.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	43.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	70.3%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.9%
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 Sherwood
Poverty rate	23.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.43	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1974	1980