Lake Arrowhead vs Lake Sherwood

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

Lake Arrowhead 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 Arrowhead has the higher population (832 vs 382 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $83,125 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($305,200 vs $279,900 in Lake Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
Population	832	382
Median age	68.4 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$88,073
Median home value	$305,200	$279,900
Housing units	680	533
Homeownership rate	98.6%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
Population	853 → 832 (-2.5%)	361 → 382 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$58,906 → $83,125 (+41.1%)	$61,641 → $88,073 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$199,800 → $305,200 (+52.8%)	$237,100 → $279,900 (+18.1%)

Lake Arrowhead

Population

853832

Median household income

$58,906$83,125

Median home value

$199,800$305,200

Lake Sherwood

Population

361382

Median household income

$61,641$88,073

Median home value

$237,100$279,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	3.5%	2.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	38.2%
65 to 74	28.2%	28.3%
75 and over	28.4%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	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	6.6%	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+

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	8.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	73.8%	56.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	43.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	99.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	Lake Sherwood
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.9%
Average household size	1.87	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	43	31
Median year structure built	1995	1980