Minocqua vs Three Lakes

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

Minocqua and Three Lakes 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 393 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($53,625 vs $42,128 in Minocqua). Minocqua has the higher median home value ($409,300 vs $183,700 in Three Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
Population	446	393
Median age	51.5 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,128	$53,625
Median home value	$409,300	$183,700
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	464	352
Homeownership rate	46.3%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
Population	326 → 446 (+36.8%)	408 → 393 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$34,464 → $42,128 (+22.2%)	$51,563 → $53,625 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $409,300 (+187.2%)	$151,000 → $183,700 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)	$960 → $921 (-4.1%)

Minocqua

Population

326446

Median household income

$34,464$42,128

Median home value

$142,500$409,300

Median gross rent

$650$683

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)

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	2.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.3%
25 to 34	21.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	2.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	20.9%
55 to 64	8.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	21.7%	9.7%
75 and over	16.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
Drove alone	94.0%	94.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	54.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Minocqua	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	10.1%	2.3%
Average household size	1.23	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	10	25
Median year structure built	1983	1987