Lake Koshkonong vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Koshkonong and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmyra has the higher population (2,042 vs 983 in Lake Koshkonong). Lake Koshkonong has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $80,709 in Palmyra). Lake Koshkonong has the higher median home value ($334,300 vs $194,200 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
Population	983	2,042
Median age	56.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,125	$80,709
Median home value	$334,300	$194,200
Median gross rent	$1,167	$765
Housing units	738	868
Homeownership rate	90.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
Population	1,135 → 983 (-13.4%)	1,761 → 2,042 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$75,893 → $93,125 (+22.7%)	$52,426 → $80,709 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$264,800 → $334,300 (+26.2%)	$156,000 → $194,200 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,167 (+31.1%)	$725 → $765 (+5.5%)

Lake Koshkonong

Population

1,135983

Median household income

$75,893$93,125

Median home value

$264,800$334,300

Median gross rent

$890$1,167

Palmyra

Population

1,7612,042

Median household income

$52,426$80,709

Median home value

$156,000$194,200

Median gross rent

$725$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
Under 5	0.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	22.3%
45 to 54	19.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	22.2%	6.2%
75 and over	11.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
Drove alone	75.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	94.9%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Koshkonong	Palmyra
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1962	1965