Cornell vs Lake Wissota

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

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

Lake Wissota has the higher population (3,103 vs 1,331 in Cornell). Lake Wissota has the higher median household income ($101,445 vs $60,667 in Cornell). Lake Wissota has the higher median home value ($318,300 vs $142,100 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
Population	1,331	3,103
Median age	38.3 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,667	$101,445
Median home value	$142,100	$318,300
Median gross rent	$796	$1,029
Housing units	605	1,394
Homeownership rate	75.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
Population	1,781 → 1,331 (-25.3%)	2,843 → 3,103 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$47,264 → $60,667 (+28.4%)	$72,885 → $101,445 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $142,100 (+46.3%)	$225,400 → $318,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $796 (+32.9%)	$1,026 → $1,029 (+0.3%)

Cornell

Population

1,7811,331

Median household income

$47,264$60,667

Median home value

$97,100$142,100

Median gross rent

$599$796

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)

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.4%
75 and over	10.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	36.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
Drove alone	78.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.8%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
1-unit, detached	84.1%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Lake Wissota
Poverty rate	12.5%	1.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1961	1977