Kenosha vs Salem Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Kenosha and Salem Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kenosha has the higher population (99,147 vs 14,521 in Salem Lakes). Salem Lakes has the higher median household income ($94,554 vs $68,532 in Kenosha). Salem Lakes has the higher median home value ($281,500 vs $210,500 in Kenosha).

Population, income & housing

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
Population	99,147	14,521
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,532	$94,554
Median home value	$210,500	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,132
Housing units	41,998	6,199
Homeownership rate	59.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
Population	99,688 → 99,147 (-0.5%)	14,728 → 14,521 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $68,532 (+23.7%)	$74,201 → $94,554 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $210,500 (+38.0%)	$202,100 → $281,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,137 (+25.2%)	$1,005 → $1,132 (+12.6%)

Kenosha

Population

99,68899,147

Median household income

$55,417$68,532

Median home value

$152,500$210,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,137

Salem Lakes

Population

14,72814,521

Median household income

$74,201$94,554

Median home value

$202,100$281,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	19.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.3%
75 and over	6.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	28.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
Drove alone	79.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.7%
Other means	1.4%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
1-unit, detached	57.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Kenosha	Salem Lakes
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1968	1987