Columbus vs Lake Wisconsin

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus and Lake Wisconsin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbus has the higher population (5,493 vs 5,051 in Lake Wisconsin). Lake Wisconsin has the higher median household income ($116,053 vs $74,957 in Columbus). Lake Wisconsin has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $225,700 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
Population	5,493	5,051
Median age	39.4 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,957	$116,053
Median home value	$225,700	$421,500
Median gross rent	$814	$1,399
Housing units	2,497	2,997
Homeownership rate	66.7%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
Population	5,058 → 5,493 (+8.6%)	4,505 → 5,051 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$58,606 → $74,957 (+27.9%)	$88,004 → $116,053 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $225,700 (+36.5%)	$309,900 → $421,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $814 (+0.5%)	$1,008 → $1,399 (+38.8%)

Columbus

Population

5,0585,493

Median household income

$58,606$74,957

Median home value

$165,400$225,700

Median gross rent

$810$814

Lake Wisconsin

Population

4,5055,051

Median household income

$88,004$116,053

Median home value

$309,900$421,500

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
Under 5	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	19.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	21.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.1%
75 and over	7.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
Drove alone	72.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	19.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
1-unit, detached	66.0%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Lake Wisconsin
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1959	1990