Bloomer vs Lake Wissota

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomer and Lake Wissota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomer has the higher population (3,691 vs 3,103 in Lake Wissota). Lake Wissota has the higher median household income ($101,445 vs $55,595 in Bloomer). Lake Wissota has the higher median home value ($318,300 vs $194,000 in Bloomer).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
Population	3,691	3,103
Median age	34.9 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,595	$101,445
Median home value	$194,000	$318,300
Median gross rent	$779	$1,029
Housing units	1,664	1,394
Homeownership rate	67.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
Population	3,497 → 3,691 (+5.5%)	2,843 → 3,103 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$42,123 → $55,595 (+32.0%)	$72,885 → $101,445 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $194,000 (+41.7%)	$225,400 → $318,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $779 (+46.7%)	$1,026 → $1,029 (+0.3%)

Bloomer

Population

3,4973,691

Median household income

$42,123$55,595

Median home value

$136,900$194,000

Median gross rent

$531$779

Lake Wissota

Population

2,8433,103

Median household income

$72,885$101,445

Median home value

$225,400$318,300

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
Under 5	6.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.4%
75 and over	11.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
Drove alone	77.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
1-unit, detached	69.3%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomer	Lake Wissota
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1971	1977