Paddock Lake vs Powers Lake

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

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

Paddock Lake has the higher population (2,965 vs 1,378 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median household income ($113,875 vs $88,438 in Paddock Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $242,800 in Paddock Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
Population	2,965	1,378
Median age	38.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$113,875
Median home value	$242,800	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,202	—
Housing units	1,390	936
Homeownership rate	82.1%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
Population	2,998 → 2,965 (-1.1%)	1,095 → 1,378 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$76,453 → $88,438 (+15.7%)	$96,250 → $113,875 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $242,800 (+47.5%)	$227,400 → $286,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,202 (+11.3%)	—

Paddock Lake

Population

2,9982,965

Median household income

$76,453$88,438

Median home value

$164,600$242,800

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,202

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)

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	18.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.2%	21.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	19.4%
75 and over	5.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
Drove alone	89.5%	64.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	28.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	95.3%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paddock Lake	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1971	1981