Lake Wissota vs Stanley

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

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

Stanley has the higher population (3,774 vs 3,103 in Lake Wissota). Lake Wissota has the higher median household income ($101,445 vs $47,857 in Stanley). Lake Wissota has the higher median home value ($318,300 vs $153,200 in Stanley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
Population	3,103	3,774
Median age	48.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,445	$47,857
Median home value	$318,300	$153,200
Median gross rent	$1,029	$693
Housing units	1,394	1,089
Homeownership rate	79.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
Population	2,843 → 3,103 (+9.1%)	3,672 → 3,774 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$72,885 → $101,445 (+39.2%)	$45,313 → $47,857 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$225,400 → $318,300 (+41.2%)	$88,400 → $153,200 (+73.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,029 (+0.3%)	$766 → $693 (-9.5%)

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

Stanley

Population

3,6723,774

Median household income

$45,313$47,857

Median home value

$88,400$153,200

Median gross rent

$766$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
Under 5	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	21.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	5.3%
75 and over	4.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
No high school diploma	1.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	26.5%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
Drove alone	79.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.9%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
1-unit, detached	88.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wissota	Stanley
Poverty rate	1.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1977	1962