New Munster vs Powers Lake

A side-by-side comparison of New Munster and Powers Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Powers Lake has the higher population (1,378 vs 292 in New Munster). Powers Lake has the higher median household income ($113,875 vs $83,686 in New Munster). New Munster has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $286,400 in Powers Lake).

Population, income & housing

	New Munster	Powers Lake
Population	292	1,378
Median age	69.7 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,686	$113,875
Median home value	$329,300	$286,400
Housing units	209	936
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Munster	Powers Lake
Population	296 → 292 (-1.4%)	1,095 → 1,378 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$76,000 → $83,686 (+10.1%)	$96,250 → $113,875 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$356,700 → $329,300 (-7.7%)	$227,400 → $286,400 (+25.9%)

New Munster

Population

296292

Median household income

$76,000$83,686

Median home value

$356,700$329,300

Powers Lake

Population

1,0951,378

Median household income

$96,250$113,875

Median home value

$227,400$286,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Munster	Powers Lake
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	21.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	19.4%
75 and over	41.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Munster	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Munster	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	0.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Munster	Powers Lake
Drove alone	97.8%	64.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Munster	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	87.1%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Munster	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	0.7%	2.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	1947	1981