Chief Lake vs Little Round Lake

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

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

Little Round Lake has the higher population (1,233 vs 645 in Chief Lake). Chief Lake has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $35,380 in Little Round Lake). Chief Lake has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $82,900 in Little Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
Population	645	1,233
Median age	46.9 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$35,380
Median home value	$92,100	$82,900
Median gross rent	$758	$364
Housing units	520	525
Homeownership rate	91.3%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
Population	565 → 645 (+14.2%)	1,080 → 1,233 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $67,813 (+32.5%)	$21,985 → $35,380 (+60.9%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $92,100 (-17.3%)	$80,700 → $82,900 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $758 (+33.2%)	$352 → $364 (+3.4%)

Chief Lake

Population

565645

Median household income

$51,161$67,813

Median home value

$111,400$92,100

Median gross rent

$569$758

Little Round Lake

Population

1,0801,233

Median household income

$21,985$35,380

Median home value

$80,700$82,900

Median gross rent

$352$364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
Under 5	7.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	34.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	0.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	17.2%	5.4%
75 and over	6.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	6.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	62.5%	81.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
No high school diploma	22.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
Drove alone	63.9%	63.5%
Carpooled	22.7%	25.3%
Public transit	1.7%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
1-unit, detached	75.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Chief Lake	Little Round Lake
Poverty rate	17.7%	36.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1987	1986