Three Lakes vs Woodruff

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

Three Lakes 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 393 in Three Lakes). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($68,798 vs $53,625 in Three Lakes). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($253,000 vs $183,700 in Three Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
Population	393	550
Median age	51.6 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,625	$68,798
Median home value	$183,700	$253,000
Median gross rent	—	$759
Housing units	352	450
Homeownership rate	82.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
Population	408 → 393 (-3.7%)	746 → 550 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $53,625 (+4.0%)	$32,261 → $68,798 (+113.3%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $183,700 (+21.7%)	$149,200 → $253,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $921 (-4.1%)	$616 → $759 (+23.2%)

Three Lakes

Population

408393

Median household income

$51,563$53,625

Median home value

$151,000$183,700

Median gross rent

$960$921

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)

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	0.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	2.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	2.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	26.0%
75 and over	14.2%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	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	2.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	18.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
Drove alone	94.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	83.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Three Lakes	Woodruff
Poverty rate	2.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.12	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	10
Median year structure built	1987	1976