Jefferson vs Lake Mills

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

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

Jefferson has the higher population (7,722 vs 6,391 in Lake Mills). Lake Mills has the higher median household income ($87,039 vs $77,095 in Jefferson). Lake Mills has the higher median home value ($282,400 vs $222,100 in Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
Population	7,722	6,391
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,095	$87,039
Median home value	$222,100	$282,400
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,095
Housing units	3,448	2,800
Homeownership rate	68.9%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
Population	7,991 → 7,722 (-3.4%)	5,895 → 6,391 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$59,407 → $77,095 (+29.8%)	$70,239 → $87,039 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,100 (+36.7%)	$198,100 → $282,400 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,041 (+28.4%)	$978 → $1,095 (+12.0%)

Jefferson

Population

7,9917,722

Median household income

$59,407$77,095

Median home value

$162,500$222,100

Median gross rent

$811$1,041

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)

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
Drove alone	81.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
1-unit, detached	67.1%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson	Lake Mills
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1975	1981