Arkdale vs Lake Sherwood

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

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

Lake Sherwood has the higher population (382 vs 216 in Arkdale). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $65,000 in Arkdale). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $118,400 in Arkdale).

Population, income & housing

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
Population	216	382
Median age	61.1 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$88,073
Median home value	$118,400	$279,900
Housing units	146	533
Homeownership rate	96.3%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
Population	156 → 216 (+38.5%)	361 → 382 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,806 → $65,000 (+55.5%)	$61,641 → $88,073 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $118,400 (+24.6%)	$237,100 → $279,900 (+18.1%)

Arkdale

Population

156216

Median household income

$41,806$65,000

Median home value

$95,000$118,400

Lake Sherwood

Population

361382

Median household income

$61,641$88,073

Median home value

$237,100$279,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	2.3%	2.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	2.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	18.1%	38.2%
65 to 74	31.0%	28.3%
75 and over	6.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	10.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	75.9%	56.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	43.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	75.3%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arkdale	Lake Sherwood
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.9%
Average household size	2.70	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1978	1980