Boyceville vs Tainter Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Boyceville and Tainter Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tainter Lake has the higher population (2,753 vs 1,200 in Boyceville). Tainter Lake has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $55,972 in Boyceville). Tainter Lake has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $158,200 in Boyceville).

Population, income & housing

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
Population	1,200	2,753
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,972	$96,250
Median home value	$158,200	$275,600
Median gross rent	$856	$883
Housing units	618	1,264
Homeownership rate	71.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
Population	1,041 → 1,200 (+15.3%)	2,494 → 2,753 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$46,125 → $55,972 (+21.3%)	$82,786 → $96,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $158,200 (+51.1%)	$197,800 → $275,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $856 (+19.1%)	$957 → $883 (-7.7%)

Boyceville

Population

1,0411,200

Median household income

$46,125$55,972

Median home value

$104,700$158,200

Median gross rent

$719$856

Tainter Lake

Population

2,4942,753

Median household income

$82,786$96,250

Median home value

$197,800$275,600

Median gross rent

$957$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
Under 5	4.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
Drove alone	77.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyceville	Tainter Lake
Poverty rate	16.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1969	1983