Antigo vs Post Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Antigo and Post Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Antigo has the higher population (8,058 vs 330 in Post Lake). Post Lake has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $46,791 in Antigo). Post Lake has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $94,700 in Antigo).

Population, income & housing

	Antigo	Post Lake
Population	8,058	330
Median age	46.2 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,791	$66,875
Median home value	$94,700	$255,700
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	4,346	621
Homeownership rate	64.2%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antigo	Post Lake
Population	7,780 → 8,058 (+3.6%)	292 → 330 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$39,863 → $46,791 (+17.4%)	$54,792 → $66,875 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $94,700 (+26.3%)	$181,300 → $255,700 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $706 (+8.4%)	—

Antigo

Population

7,7808,058

Median household income

$39,863$46,791

Median home value

$75,000$94,700

Median gross rent

$651$706

Post Lake

Population

292330

Median household income

$54,792$66,875

Median home value

$181,300$255,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antigo	Post Lake
Under 5	7.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	7.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	30.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	23.9%
75 and over	12.6%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antigo	Post Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antigo	Post Lake
No high school diploma	13.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antigo	Post Lake
Drove alone	89.4%	91.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antigo	Post Lake
1-unit, detached	69.2%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Antigo	Post Lake
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1955	1976