Crandon vs Mole Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Crandon and Mole Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crandon has the higher population (1,499 vs 507 in Mole Lake). Crandon has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $40,000 in Mole Lake). Mole Lake has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $129,400 in Crandon).

Population, income & housing

	Crandon	Mole Lake
Population	1,499	507
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,729	$40,000
Median home value	$129,400	$133,700
Median gross rent	$597	$493
Housing units	970	276
Homeownership rate	64.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crandon	Mole Lake
Population	1,941 → 1,499 (-22.8%)	514 → 507 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$38,409 → $50,729 (+32.1%)	$21,111 → $40,000 (+89.5%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $129,400 (+25.9%)	$87,900 → $133,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$490 → $597 (+21.8%)	$370 → $493 (+33.2%)

Crandon

Population

1,9411,499

Median household income

$38,409$50,729

Median home value

$102,800$129,400

Median gross rent

$490$597

Mole Lake

Population

514507

Median household income

$21,111$40,000

Median home value

$87,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$370$493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crandon	Mole Lake
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.8%
75 and over	6.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crandon	Mole Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	19.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.1%	68.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crandon	Mole Lake
No high school diploma	7.9%	15.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crandon	Mole Lake
Drove alone	63.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	17.6%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crandon	Mole Lake
1-unit, detached	74.9%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Crandon	Mole Lake
Poverty rate	14.3%	28.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1965	1990