Lakewood vs Lena

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Lena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lena has the higher population (536 vs 297 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($65,156 vs $57,917 in Lena). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $132,900 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Lena
Population	297	536
Median age	55.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,156	$57,917
Median home value	$187,500	$132,900
Median gross rent	—	$637
Housing units	247	282
Homeownership rate	88.9%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Lena
Population	385 → 297 (-22.9%)	607 → 536 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$42,279 → $65,156 (+54.1%)	$54,423 → $57,917 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $187,500 (+39.3%)	$91,200 → $132,900 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $983 (+30.5%)	$606 → $637 (+5.1%)

Lakewood

Population

385297

Median household income

$42,279$65,156

Median home value

$134,600$187,500

Median gross rent

$753$983

Lena

Population

607536

Median household income

$54,423$57,917

Median home value

$91,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$606$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Lena
Under 5	1.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	21.9%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Lena
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Lena
Drove alone	68.5%	52.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Lena
1-unit, detached	87.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Lena
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1977	1948