Powers Lake vs Somers

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

Powers 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 1,378 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median household income ($113,875 vs $78,068 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($287,800 vs $286,400 in Powers Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Powers Lake	Somers
Population	1,378	8,245
Median age	52.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,875	$78,068
Median home value	$286,400	$287,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	936	3,462
Homeownership rate	98.5%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powers Lake	Somers
Population	1,095 → 1,378 (+25.8%)	8,336 → 8,245 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$96,250 → $113,875 (+18.3%)	$67,560 → $78,068 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $286,400 (+25.9%)	$205,100 → $287,800 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$972 → $1,400 (+44.0%)

Powers Lake

Population

1,0951,378

Median household income

$96,250$113,875

Median home value

$227,400$286,400

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)

	Powers Lake	Somers
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	18.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	21.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	8.6%
75 and over	4.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powers Lake	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powers Lake	Somers
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powers Lake	Somers
Drove alone	64.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powers Lake	Somers
1-unit, detached	95.3%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Powers Lake	Somers
Poverty rate	2.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1981	1984