Lakewood vs Townsend

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

Lakewood and Townsend 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 93 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($76,563 vs $65,156 in Lakewood). Townsend has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $187,500 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Townsend
Population	297	93
Median age	55.3 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,156	$76,563
Median home value	$187,500	$207,100
Housing units	247	155
Homeownership rate	88.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Townsend
Population	385 → 297 (-22.9%)	94 → 93 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,279 → $65,156 (+54.1%)	$63,000 → $76,563 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $187,500 (+39.3%)	$175,000 → $207,100 (+18.3%)
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

Townsend

Population

9493

Median household income

$63,000$76,563

Median home value

$175,000$207,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Townsend
Under 5	1.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	5.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	25.8%
55 to 64	20.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	21.9%	33.3%
75 and over	8.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Townsend
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	Townsend
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Townsend
Drove alone	68.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Townsend
1-unit, detached	87.0%	60.6%
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%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Townsend
Poverty rate	12.2%	20.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1977	1987