Mole Lake vs Wabeno

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

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

Mole Lake has the higher population (507 vs 221 in Wabeno). Mole Lake has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $34,375 in Wabeno). Mole Lake has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $85,800 in Wabeno).

Population, income & housing

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
Population	507	221
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$34,375
Median home value	$133,700	$85,800
Median gross rent	$493	$475
Housing units	276	212
Homeownership rate	39.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
Population	514 → 507 (-1.4%)	316 → 221 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$21,111 → $40,000 (+89.5%)	$29,148 → $34,375 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $133,700 (+52.1%)	$78,800 → $85,800 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $493 (+33.2%)	$413 → $475 (+15.0%)

Mole Lake

Population

514507

Median household income

$21,111$40,000

Median home value

$87,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$370$493

Wabeno

Population

316221

Median household income

$29,148$34,375

Median home value

$78,800$85,800

Median gross rent

$413$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.0%
75 and over	1.8%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.4%	5.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	43.4%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
Drove alone	74.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	17.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
1-unit, detached	72.8%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Mole Lake	Wabeno
Poverty rate	28.7%	30.8%
Average household size	2.59	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1990	1961