Lakewood vs Sobieski

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (297 vs 238 in Sobieski). Sobieski has the higher median household income ($132,566 vs $65,156 in Lakewood). Since 2019, Sobieski's population has grown faster (-10.5% vs -22.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Sobieski
Population	297	238
Median age	55.3 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,156	$132,566
Median home value	$187,500	—
Housing units	247	53
Homeownership rate	88.9%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Sobieski
Population	385 → 297 (-22.9%)	266 → 238 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$42,279 → $65,156 (+54.1%)	—
Median home value	$134,600 → $187,500 (+39.3%)	$116,700 → $134,100 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $983 (+30.5%)	—

Lakewood

Population

385297

Median household income

$42,279$65,156

Median home value

$134,600$187,500

Median gross rent

$753$983

Sobieski

Population

266238

Median home value

$116,700$134,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Sobieski
Under 5	1.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	13.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	27.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	21.9%	0.0%
75 and over	8.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Sobieski
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	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	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Sobieski
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	30.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Sobieski
Drove alone	68.5%	49.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	31.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Sobieski
1-unit, detached	87.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Sobieski
Poverty rate	12.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	4.49
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1977	1985