Rhinelander vs Three Lakes

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

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

Rhinelander has the higher population (8,248 vs 393 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($53,625 vs $53,561 in Rhinelander). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($183,700 vs $123,300 in Rhinelander).

Population, income & housing

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
Population	8,248	393
Median age	38.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,561	$53,625
Median home value	$123,300	$183,700
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	4,369	352
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
Population	7,570 → 8,248 (+9.0%)	408 → 393 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$40,822 → $53,561 (+31.2%)	$51,563 → $53,625 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $123,300 (+36.1%)	$151,000 → $183,700 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $818 (+2.4%)	$960 → $921 (-4.1%)

Rhinelander

Population

7,5708,248

Median household income

$40,822$53,561

Median home value

$90,600$123,300

Median gross rent

$799$818

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)

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
Under 5	6.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	2.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	20.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.9%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
Drove alone	77.9%	94.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	64.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Rhinelander	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	12.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1965	1987