Hayward vs Little Round Lake

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

Hayward 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.

Hayward has the higher population (2,549 vs 1,233 in Little Round Lake). Hayward has the higher median household income ($40,085 vs $35,380 in Little Round Lake). Hayward has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $82,900 in Little Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
Population	2,549	1,233
Median age	42.6 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,085	$35,380
Median home value	$184,200	$82,900
Median gross rent	$691	$364
Housing units	1,318	525
Homeownership rate	58.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
Population	2,780 → 2,549 (-8.3%)	1,080 → 1,233 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$37,670 → $40,085 (+6.4%)	$21,985 → $35,380 (+60.9%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $184,200 (+46.8%)	$80,700 → $82,900 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $691 (+3.8%)	$352 → $364 (+3.4%)

Hayward

Population

2,7802,549

Median household income

$37,670$40,085

Median home value

$125,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$666$691

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)

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
Under 5	5.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	34.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	6.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.4%
75 and over	9.6%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	6.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	81.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
Drove alone	78.9%	63.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
1-unit, detached	60.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Hayward	Little Round Lake
Poverty rate	19.5%	36.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1979	1986