Cameron vs Turtle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Turtle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cameron has the higher population (1,763 vs 900 in Turtle Lake). Cameron has the higher median household income ($59,444 vs $57,854 in Turtle Lake). Cameron has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $143,100 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
Population	1,763	900
Median age	33.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,444	$57,854
Median home value	$177,100	$143,100
Median gross rent	$998	$794
Housing units	800	507
Homeownership rate	57.6%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
Population	1,965 → 1,763 (-10.3%)	947 → 900 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$50,167 → $59,444 (+18.5%)	$29,833 → $57,854 (+93.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $177,100 (+49.1%)	$89,300 → $143,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $998 (+23.5%)	$643 → $794 (+23.5%)

Cameron

Population

1,9651,763

Median household income

$50,167$59,444

Median home value

$118,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$808$998

Turtle Lake

Population

947900

Median household income

$29,833$57,854

Median home value

$89,300$143,100

Median gross rent

$643$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.4%
75 and over	6.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	76.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	16.5%
Other means	3.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	64.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	11.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.51	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1978	1974