Chief Lake vs Winter

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

Chief Lake and Winter 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 328 in Winter). Chief Lake has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $41,848 in Winter). Chief Lake has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $85,000 in Winter).

Population, income & housing

	Chief Lake	Winter
Population	645	328
Median age	46.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$41,848
Median home value	$92,100	$85,000
Median gross rent	$758	$821
Housing units	520	192
Homeownership rate	91.3%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chief Lake	Winter
Population	565 → 645 (+14.2%)	335 → 328 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $67,813 (+32.5%)	$44,018 → $41,848 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $92,100 (-17.3%)	$71,500 → $85,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $758 (+33.2%)	$822 → $821 (-0.1%)

Chief Lake

Population

565645

Median household income

$51,161$67,813

Median home value

$111,400$92,100

Median gross rent

$569$758

Winter

Population

335328

Median household income

$44,018$41,848

Median home value

$71,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$822$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chief Lake	Winter
Under 5	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	17.7%
55 to 64	21.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	15.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chief Lake	Winter
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	62.5%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chief Lake	Winter
No high school diploma	22.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chief Lake	Winter
Drove alone	63.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	22.7%	9.4%
Public transit	1.7%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chief Lake	Winter
1-unit, detached	75.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Chief Lake	Winter
Poverty rate	17.7%	21.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1987	1975