Balsam Lake vs Clayton

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

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

Balsam Lake has the higher population (819 vs 343 in Clayton). Clayton has the higher median household income ($49,306 vs $48,468 in Balsam Lake). Balsam Lake has the higher median home value ($188,600 vs $122,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
Population	819	343
Median age	50.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,468	$49,306
Median home value	$188,600	$122,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$793
Housing units	641	163
Homeownership rate	82.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
Population	800 → 819 (+2.4%)	424 → 343 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$40,968 → $48,468 (+18.3%)	$42,500 → $49,306 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $188,600 (+41.3%)	$113,000 → $122,300 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,063 (+29.3%)	$806 → $793 (-1.6%)

Balsam Lake

Population

800819

Median household income

$40,968$48,468

Median home value

$133,500$188,600

Median gross rent

$822$1,063

Clayton

Population

424343

Median household income

$42,500$49,306

Median home value

$113,000$122,300

Median gross rent

$806$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
Under 5	2.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	25.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.0%
75 and over	15.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
Drove alone	74.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
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	Clayton
1-unit, detached	73.0%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Balsam Lake	Clayton
Poverty rate	15.7%	14.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1978	1976