Chief Lake vs Reserve

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

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

Chief Lake has the higher population (645 vs 270 in Reserve). Chief Lake has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $38,214 in Reserve). Reserve has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $92,100 in Chief Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chief Lake	Reserve
Population	645	270
Median age	46.9 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$38,214
Median home value	$92,100	$218,200
Median gross rent	$758	$325
Housing units	520	262
Homeownership rate	91.3%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chief Lake	Reserve
Population	565 → 645 (+14.2%)	330 → 270 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $67,813 (+32.5%)	$20,938 → $38,214 (+82.5%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $92,100 (-17.3%)	$91,700 → $218,200 (+137.9%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $758 (+33.2%)	$386 → $325 (-15.8%)

Chief Lake

Population

565645

Median household income

$51,161$67,813

Median home value

$111,400$92,100

Median gross rent

$569$758

Reserve

Population

330270

Median household income

$20,938$38,214

Median home value

$91,700$218,200

Median gross rent

$386$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chief Lake	Reserve
Under 5	7.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	3.3%
35 to 44	0.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	25.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	18.9%
75 and over	6.7%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chief Lake	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	17.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	62.5%	76.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chief Lake	Reserve
No high school diploma	22.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chief Lake	Reserve
Drove alone	63.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	22.7%	8.2%
Public transit	1.7%	11.3%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chief Lake	Reserve
1-unit, detached	75.0%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Chief Lake	Reserve
Poverty rate	17.7%	34.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1987	1979