Lake Tomahawk vs Woodruff

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

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

Woodruff has the higher population (550 vs 193 in Lake Tomahawk). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($68,798 vs $49,167 in Lake Tomahawk). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($253,000 vs $195,300 in Lake Tomahawk).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
Population	193	550
Median age	53.9 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$68,798
Median home value	$195,300	$253,000
Median gross rent	$789	$759
Housing units	181	450
Homeownership rate	63.4%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
Population	188 → 193 (+2.7%)	746 → 550 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $49,167 (-2.6%)	$32,261 → $68,798 (+113.3%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $195,300 (+31.2%)	$149,200 → $253,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $789 (+3.7%)	$616 → $759 (+23.2%)

Lake Tomahawk

Population

188193

Median household income

$50,500$49,167

Median home value

$148,900$195,300

Median gross rent

$761$789

Woodruff

Population

746550

Median household income

$32,261$68,798

Median home value

$149,200$253,000

Median gross rent

$616$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	3.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	2.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	26.0%
75 and over	23.3%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
Drove alone	52.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	43.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	58.6%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	22.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tomahawk	Woodruff
Poverty rate	28.5%	9.5%
Average household size	1.72	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	10
Median year structure built	1979	1976