Laona vs Mole Lake

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

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

Laona has the higher population (548 vs 507 in Mole Lake). Mole Lake has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $39,688 in Laona). Mole Lake has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $131,900 in Laona).

Population, income & housing

	Laona	Mole Lake
Population	548	507
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$40,000
Median home value	$131,900	$133,700
Median gross rent	$660	$493
Housing units	214	276
Homeownership rate	72.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laona	Mole Lake
Population	434 → 548 (+26.3%)	514 → 507 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$31,324 → $39,688 (+26.7%)	$21,111 → $40,000 (+89.5%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $131,900 (+57.0%)	$87,900 → $133,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $660 (+0.6%)	$370 → $493 (+33.2%)

Laona

Population

434548

Median household income

$31,324$39,688

Median home value

$84,000$131,900

Median gross rent

$656$660

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)

	Laona	Mole Lake
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.8%
75 and over	2.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laona	Mole Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	19.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	1.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laona	Mole Lake
No high school diploma	19.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laona	Mole Lake
Drove alone	92.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laona	Mole Lake
1-unit, detached	88.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Laona	Mole Lake
Poverty rate	25.9%	28.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1966	1990