Lake Wisconsin vs Wisconsin Dells

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

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

Lake Wisconsin has the higher population (5,051 vs 2,763 in Wisconsin Dells). Lake Wisconsin has the higher median household income ($116,053 vs $66,846 in Wisconsin Dells). Lake Wisconsin has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $203,300 in Wisconsin Dells).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
Population	5,051	2,763
Median age	52.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$116,053	$66,846
Median home value	$421,500	$203,300
Median gross rent	$1,399	$886
Housing units	2,997	1,517
Homeownership rate	92.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
Population	4,505 → 5,051 (+12.1%)	2,841 → 2,763 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$88,004 → $116,053 (+31.9%)	$51,554 → $66,846 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$309,900 → $421,500 (+36.0%)	$161,400 → $203,300 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,008 → $1,399 (+38.8%)	$833 → $886 (+6.4%)

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

Wisconsin Dells

Population

2,8412,763

Median household income

$51,554$66,846

Median home value

$161,400$203,300

Median gross rent

$833$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	19.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.8%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
Drove alone	74.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
1-unit, detached	89.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dells
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1990	1970