Lake Tomahawk vs Minocqua

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Tomahawk and Minocqua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minocqua has the higher population (446 vs 193 in Lake Tomahawk). Lake Tomahawk has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $42,128 in Minocqua). Minocqua has the higher median home value ($409,300 vs $195,300 in Lake Tomahawk).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
Population	193	446
Median age	53.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$42,128
Median home value	$195,300	$409,300
Median gross rent	$789	$683
Housing units	181	464
Homeownership rate	63.4%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
Population	188 → 193 (+2.7%)	326 → 446 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $49,167 (-2.6%)	$34,464 → $42,128 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $195,300 (+31.2%)	$142,500 → $409,300 (+187.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $789 (+3.7%)	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)

Lake Tomahawk

Population

188193

Median household income

$50,500$49,167

Median home value

$148,900$195,300

Median gross rent

$761$789

Minocqua

Population

326446

Median household income

$34,464$42,128

Median home value

$142,500$409,300

Median gross rent

$650$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	21.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	21.7%
75 and over	23.3%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	46.9%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
Drove alone	52.6%	94.0%
Carpooled	43.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
1-unit, detached	58.6%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	31.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tomahawk	Minocqua
Poverty rate	28.5%	10.1%
Average household size	1.72	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	10
Median year structure built	1979	1983