Post Lake vs Summit Lake

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

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

Post Lake has the higher population (330 vs 97 in Summit Lake). Summit Lake has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $66,875 in Post Lake). Post Lake has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $243,800 in Summit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
Population	330	97
Median age	60.6 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$74,286
Median home value	$255,700	$243,800
Housing units	621	140
Homeownership rate	98.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
Population	292 → 330 (+13.0%)	151 → 97 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $66,875 (+22.1%)	$48,125 → $74,286 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $255,700 (+41.0%)	$140,300 → $243,800 (+73.8%)

Post Lake

Population

292330

Median household income

$54,792$66,875

Median home value

$181,300$255,700

Summit Lake

Population

15197

Median household income

$48,125$74,286

Median home value

$140,300$243,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	0.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	30.9%	50.5%
65 to 74	23.9%	32.0%
75 and over	16.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
No high school diploma	9.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
Drove alone	91.1%	40.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
1-unit, detached	91.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Post Lake	Summit Lake
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.12	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1976	1968