Lake Mills vs Palmyra

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

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

Lake Mills has the higher population (6,391 vs 2,042 in Palmyra). Lake Mills has the higher median household income ($87,039 vs $80,709 in Palmyra). Lake Mills has the higher median home value ($282,400 vs $194,200 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
Population	6,391	2,042
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,039	$80,709
Median home value	$282,400	$194,200
Median gross rent	$1,095	$765
Housing units	2,800	868
Homeownership rate	68.6%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
Population	5,895 → 6,391 (+8.4%)	1,761 → 2,042 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$70,239 → $87,039 (+23.9%)	$52,426 → $80,709 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $282,400 (+42.6%)	$156,000 → $194,200 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,095 (+12.0%)	$725 → $765 (+5.5%)

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

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 Mills	Palmyra
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	22.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.2%
75 and over	4.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
Drove alone	83.1%	71.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	65.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	19.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mills	Palmyra
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1981	1965