Chetek vs Turtle Lake

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

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

Chetek has the higher population (2,017 vs 900 in Turtle Lake). Chetek has the higher median household income ($59,554 vs $57,854 in Turtle Lake). Chetek has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $143,100 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
Population	2,017	900
Median age	48.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,554	$57,854
Median home value	$156,500	$143,100
Median gross rent	$921	$794
Housing units	1,083	507
Homeownership rate	72.7%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
Population	2,169 → 2,017 (-7.0%)	947 → 900 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $59,554 (+7.1%)	$29,833 → $57,854 (+93.9%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $156,500 (+34.8%)	$89,300 → $143,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $921 (+29.2%)	$643 → $794 (+23.5%)

Chetek

Population

2,1692,017

Median household income

$55,625$59,554

Median home value

$116,100$156,500

Median gross rent

$713$921

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)

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.4%
75 and over	12.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	81.3%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	16.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	68.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Chetek	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.21	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1970	1974