Balsam Lake vs Lewis

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

Balsam Lake and Lewis 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 176 in Lewis). Lewis has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $48,468 in Balsam Lake). Balsam Lake has the higher median home value ($188,600 vs $179,500 in Lewis).

Population, income & housing

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
Population	819	176
Median age	50.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,468	$123,750
Median home value	$188,600	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	641	106
Homeownership rate	82.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
Population	800 → 819 (+2.4%)	154 → 176 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$40,968 → $48,468 (+18.3%)	$31,875 → $123,750 (+288.2%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $188,600 (+41.3%)	$83,300 → $179,500 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,063 (+29.3%)	$1,014 → $1,025 (+1.1%)

Balsam Lake

Population

800819

Median household income

$40,968$48,468

Median home value

$133,500$188,600

Median gross rent

$822$1,063

Lewis

Population

154176

Median household income

$31,875$123,750

Median home value

$83,300$179,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
Under 5	2.4%	14.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	18.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.9%
75 and over	15.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
No high school diploma	11.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
Drove alone	74.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
1-unit, detached	73.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Balsam Lake	Lewis
Poverty rate	15.7%	1.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1978	1962