Paddock Lake vs Somers

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

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

Somers has the higher population (8,245 vs 2,965 in Paddock Lake). Paddock Lake has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $78,068 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($287,800 vs $242,800 in Paddock Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Paddock Lake	Somers
Population	2,965	8,245
Median age	38.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$78,068
Median home value	$242,800	$287,800
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,400
Housing units	1,390	3,462
Homeownership rate	82.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paddock Lake	Somers
Population	2,998 → 2,965 (-1.1%)	8,336 → 8,245 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$76,453 → $88,438 (+15.7%)	$67,560 → $78,068 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $242,800 (+47.5%)	$205,100 → $287,800 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,202 (+11.3%)	$972 → $1,400 (+44.0%)

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

Somers

Population

8,3368,245

Median household income

$67,560$78,068

Median home value

$205,100$287,800

Median gross rent

$972$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paddock Lake	Somers
Under 5	5.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	18.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paddock Lake	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paddock Lake	Somers
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.5%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paddock Lake	Somers
Drove alone	89.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paddock Lake	Somers
1-unit, detached	95.3%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Paddock Lake	Somers
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1971	1984