Chief Lake vs Hayward

A side-by-side comparison of Chief Lake and Hayward: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayward has the higher population (2,549 vs 645 in Chief Lake). Chief Lake has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $40,085 in Hayward). Hayward has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $92,100 in Chief Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chief Lake	Hayward
Population	645	2,549
Median age	46.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$40,085
Median home value	$92,100	$184,200
Median gross rent	$758	$691
Housing units	520	1,318
Homeownership rate	91.3%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chief Lake	Hayward
Population	565 → 645 (+14.2%)	2,780 → 2,549 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $67,813 (+32.5%)	$37,670 → $40,085 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $92,100 (-17.3%)	$125,500 → $184,200 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $758 (+33.2%)	$666 → $691 (+3.8%)

Chief Lake

Population

565645

Median household income

$51,161$67,813

Median home value

$111,400$92,100

Median gross rent

$569$758

Hayward

Population

2,7802,549

Median household income

$37,670$40,085

Median home value

$125,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$666$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chief Lake	Hayward
Under 5	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chief Lake	Hayward
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	62.5%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chief Lake	Hayward
No high school diploma	22.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chief Lake	Hayward
Drove alone	63.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	22.7%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chief Lake	Hayward
1-unit, detached	75.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Chief Lake	Hayward
Poverty rate	17.7%	19.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1987	1979