Eagle River vs Lac du Flambeau

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle River and Lac du Flambeau: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle River and Lac du Flambeau are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lac du Flambeau has the higher population (1,619 vs 1,508 in Eagle River). Eagle River has the higher median household income ($52,027 vs $34,844 in Lac du Flambeau). Eagle River has the higher median home value ($165,100 vs $87,500 in Lac du Flambeau).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
Population	1,508	1,619
Median age	39.6 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,027	$34,844
Median home value	$165,100	$87,500
Median gross rent	$862	$546
Housing units	905	935
Homeownership rate	52.9%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
Population	1,626 → 1,508 (-7.3%)	1,522 → 1,619 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$31,154 → $52,027 (+67.0%)	$23,457 → $34,844 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $165,100 (+42.2%)	$98,000 → $87,500 (-10.7%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $862 (+26.0%)	$560 → $546 (-2.5%)

Eagle River

Population

1,6261,508

Median household income

$31,154$52,027

Median home value

$116,100$165,100

Median gross rent

$684$862

Lac du Flambeau

Population

1,5221,619

Median household income

$23,457$34,844

Median home value

$98,000$87,500

Median gross rent

$560$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
Under 5	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	27.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.2%
75 and over	15.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	7.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	83.8%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
Drove alone	69.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	13.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.7%	28.8%
Other means	3.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
1-unit, detached	54.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eagle River	Lac du Flambeau
Poverty rate	15.8%	37.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1978	1984