Friendship vs Lake Arrowhead

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

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

Lake Arrowhead has the higher population (832 vs 737 in Friendship). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $46,250 in Friendship). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($305,200 vs $110,100 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
Population	737	832
Median age	47.5 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$83,125
Median home value	$110,100	$305,200
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	357	680
Homeownership rate	64.6%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
Population	595 → 737 (+23.9%)	853 → 832 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$39,792 → $46,250 (+16.2%)	$58,906 → $83,125 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $110,100 (+20.9%)	$199,800 → $305,200 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $856 (+48.9%)	—

Friendship

Population

595737

Median household income

$39,792$46,250

Median home value

$91,100$110,100

Median gross rent

$575$856

Lake Arrowhead

Population

853832

Median household income

$58,906$83,125

Median home value

$199,800$305,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	3.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	28.2%
75 and over	11.5%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.6%
Two or more races	10.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	13.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	42.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	77.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	68.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	34.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.11	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	43
Median year structure built	1968	1995