Waterford vs Wind Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Waterford and Wind Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waterford has the higher population (5,627 vs 5,028 in Wind Lake). Wind Lake has the higher median household income ($100,306 vs $80,380 in Waterford). Wind Lake has the higher median home value ($357,500 vs $312,700 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Waterford	Wind Lake
Population	5,627	5,028
Median age	43.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,380	$100,306
Median home value	$312,700	$357,500
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,158
Housing units	2,473	2,364
Homeownership rate	76.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterford	Wind Lake
Population	5,452 → 5,627 (+3.2%)	5,364 → 5,028 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$87,929 → $80,380 (-8.6%)	$92,778 → $100,306 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$211,500 → $312,700 (+47.8%)	$270,300 → $357,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,278 (+29.7%)	$974 → $1,158 (+18.9%)

Waterford

Population

5,4525,627

Median household income

$87,929$80,380

Median home value

$211,500$312,700

Median gross rent

$985$1,278

Wind Lake

Population

5,3645,028

Median household income

$92,778$100,306

Median home value

$270,300$357,500

Median gross rent

$974$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waterford	Wind Lake
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterford	Wind Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterford	Wind Lake
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterford	Wind Lake
Drove alone	83.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.6%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterford	Wind Lake
1-unit, detached	55.8%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waterford	Wind Lake
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1991	1982