Paddock Lake vs Salem Lakes

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

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

Salem Lakes has the higher population (14,521 vs 2,965 in Paddock Lake). Salem Lakes has the higher median household income ($94,554 vs $88,438 in Paddock Lake). Salem Lakes has the higher median home value ($281,500 vs $242,800 in Paddock Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
Population	2,965	14,521
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$94,554
Median home value	$242,800	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,132
Housing units	1,390	6,199
Homeownership rate	82.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
Population	2,998 → 2,965 (-1.1%)	14,728 → 14,521 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$76,453 → $88,438 (+15.7%)	$74,201 → $94,554 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $242,800 (+47.5%)	$202,100 → $281,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,202 (+11.3%)	$1,005 → $1,132 (+12.6%)

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

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)

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	19.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.3%
75 and over	5.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	24.5%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
Drove alone	89.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
1-unit, detached	95.3%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Paddock Lake	Salem Lakes
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1971	1987