Lake Tomahawk vs Three Lakes

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

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

Three Lakes has the higher population (393 vs 193 in Lake Tomahawk). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($53,625 vs $49,167 in Lake Tomahawk). Lake Tomahawk has the higher median home value ($195,300 vs $183,700 in Three Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
Population	193	393
Median age	53.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$53,625
Median home value	$195,300	$183,700
Median gross rent	$789	—
Housing units	181	352
Homeownership rate	63.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
Population	188 → 193 (+2.7%)	408 → 393 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $49,167 (-2.6%)	$51,563 → $53,625 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $195,300 (+31.2%)	$151,000 → $183,700 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $789 (+3.7%)	$960 → $921 (-4.1%)

Lake Tomahawk

Population

188193

Median household income

$50,500$49,167

Median home value

$148,900$195,300

Median gross rent

$761$789

Three Lakes

Population

408393

Median household income

$51,563$53,625

Median home value

$151,000$183,700

Median gross rent

$960$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
Under 5	6.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	2.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	20.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.7%
75 and over	23.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	97.7%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.9%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
Drove alone	52.6%	94.7%
Carpooled	43.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	58.6%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tomahawk	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	28.5%	2.3%
Average household size	1.72	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1979	1987