Friendship vs Lake Sherwood

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

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

Friendship has the higher population (737 vs 382 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $46,250 in Friendship). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $110,100 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
Population	737	382
Median age	47.5 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$88,073
Median home value	$110,100	$279,900
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	357	533
Homeownership rate	64.6%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
Population	595 → 737 (+23.9%)	361 → 382 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$39,792 → $46,250 (+16.2%)	$61,641 → $88,073 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $110,100 (+20.9%)	$237,100 → $279,900 (+18.1%)
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 Sherwood

Population

361382

Median household income

$61,641$88,073

Median home value

$237,100$279,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	2.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	2.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	2.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	38.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	28.3%
75 and over	11.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	98.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	13.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	42.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	77.7%	56.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	43.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	68.1%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
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 Sherwood
Poverty rate	34.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.11	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1968	1980