Menomonie vs Tainter Lake

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

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

Menomonie has the higher population (16,548 vs 2,753 in Tainter Lake). Tainter Lake has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $54,587 in Menomonie). Tainter Lake has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $203,800 in Menomonie).

Population, income & housing

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
Population	16,548	2,753
Median age	25.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,587	$96,250
Median home value	$203,800	$275,600
Median gross rent	$933	$883
Housing units	6,566	1,264
Homeownership rate	39.5%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
Population	16,408 → 16,548 (+0.9%)	2,494 → 2,753 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$44,121 → $54,587 (+23.7%)	$82,786 → $96,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $203,800 (+40.4%)	$197,800 → $275,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $933 (+22.4%)	$957 → $883 (-7.7%)

Menomonie

Population

16,40816,548

Median household income

$44,121$54,587

Median home value

$145,200$203,800

Median gross rent

$762$933

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)

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
Under 5	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	37.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.6%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
Drove alone	75.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
1-unit, detached	40.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	23.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Menomonie	Tainter Lake
Poverty rate	18.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1984	1983