Fort Atkinson vs Lake Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Atkinson and Lake Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Atkinson has the higher population (12,490 vs 6,391 in Lake Mills). Lake Mills has the higher median household income ($87,039 vs $75,350 in Fort Atkinson). Lake Mills has the higher median home value ($282,400 vs $198,600 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
Population	12,490	6,391
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,350	$87,039
Median home value	$198,600	$282,400
Median gross rent	$957	$1,095
Housing units	5,701	2,800
Homeownership rate	70.2%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
Population	12,443 → 12,490 (+0.4%)	5,895 → 6,391 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$55,404 → $75,350 (+36.0%)	$70,239 → $87,039 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $198,600 (+26.5%)	$198,100 → $282,400 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $957 (+14.2%)	$978 → $1,095 (+12.0%)

Fort Atkinson

Population

12,44312,490

Median household income

$55,404$75,350

Median home value

$157,000$198,600

Median gross rent

$838$957

Lake Mills

Population

5,8956,391

Median household income

$70,239$87,039

Median home value

$198,100$282,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
Under 5	3.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.5%
75 and over	8.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
No high school diploma	9.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
Drove alone	78.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	14.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
1-unit, detached	66.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Lake Mills
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1965	1981