Lake Nebagamon vs Poplar

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Nebagamon and Poplar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Nebagamon has the higher population (891 vs 610 in Poplar). Poplar has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $75,341 in Lake Nebagamon). Lake Nebagamon has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $197,400 in Poplar).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
Population	891	610
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,341	$92,188
Median home value	$278,300	$197,400
Median gross rent	$817	$1,125
Housing units	741	239
Homeownership rate	84.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
Population	905 → 891 (-1.5%)	599 → 610 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $75,341 (+7.6%)	$62,361 → $92,188 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$237,200 → $278,300 (+17.3%)	$170,400 → $197,400 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $817 (+5.6%)	$1,179 → $1,125 (-4.6%)

Lake Nebagamon

Population

905891

Median household income

$70,000$75,341

Median home value

$237,200$278,300

Median gross rent

$774$817

Poplar

Population

599610

Median household income

$62,361$92,188

Median home value

$170,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	27.4%
18 to 24	1.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	20.9%	7.0%
75 and over	9.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
Drove alone	83.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
1-unit, detached	93.1%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Nebagamon	Poplar
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1980	1977