Lancaster vs Muscoda

A side-by-side comparison of Lancaster and Muscoda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lancaster has the higher population (3,916 vs 1,119 in Muscoda). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $51,450 in Muscoda). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $116,400 in Muscoda).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Muscoda
Population	3,916	1,119
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$51,450
Median home value	$173,300	$116,400
Median gross rent	$770	$608
Housing units	1,596	568
Homeownership rate	68.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Muscoda
Population	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)	1,381 → 1,119 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)	$41,689 → $51,450 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)	$90,700 → $116,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)	$602 → $608 (+1.0%)

Lancaster

Population

3,7303,916

Median household income

$54,835$80,625

Median home value

$134,900$173,300

Median gross rent

$627$770

Muscoda

Population

1,3811,119

Median household income

$41,689$51,450

Median home value

$90,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$602$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Muscoda
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.1%
75 and over	7.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Muscoda
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Muscoda
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Muscoda
Drove alone	80.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.2%
Other means	5.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Muscoda
1-unit, detached	81.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Muscoda
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1959	1975