Balsam Lake vs Centuria

A side-by-side comparison of Balsam Lake and Centuria: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centuria has the higher population (897 vs 819 in Balsam Lake). Balsam Lake has the higher median household income ($48,468 vs $38,819 in Centuria). Balsam Lake has the higher median home value ($188,600 vs $120,800 in Centuria).

Population, income & housing

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
Population	819	897
Median age	50.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,468	$38,819
Median home value	$188,600	$120,800
Median gross rent	$1,063	$806
Housing units	641	446
Homeownership rate	82.7%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
Population	800 → 819 (+2.4%)	803 → 897 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$40,968 → $48,468 (+18.3%)	$43,264 → $38,819 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $188,600 (+41.3%)	$94,800 → $120,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,063 (+29.3%)	$643 → $806 (+25.3%)

Balsam Lake

Population

800819

Median household income

$40,968$48,468

Median home value

$133,500$188,600

Median gross rent

$822$1,063

Centuria

Population

803897

Median household income

$43,264$38,819

Median home value

$94,800$120,800

Median gross rent

$643$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
Under 5	2.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	21.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.0%
75 and over	15.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
No high school diploma	11.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
Drove alone	74.6%	89.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
1-unit, detached	73.0%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Balsam Lake	Centuria
Poverty rate	15.7%	21.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1978	1978