Lac du Flambeau vs Sayner

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

Lac du Flambeau and Sayner 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 168 in Sayner). Sayner has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $34,844 in Lac du Flambeau). Sayner has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $87,500 in Lac du Flambeau).

Population, income & housing

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
Population	1,619	168
Median age	29.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,844	$65,000
Median home value	$87,500	$267,500
Median gross rent	$546	—
Housing units	935	268
Homeownership rate	48.8%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
Population	1,522 → 1,619 (+6.4%)	181 → 168 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$23,457 → $34,844 (+48.5%)	$53,750 → $65,000 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $87,500 (-10.7%)	$225,000 → $267,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $546 (-2.5%)	$575 → $883 (+53.6%)

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

Sayner

Population

181168

Median household income

$53,750$65,000

Median home value

$225,000$267,500

Median gross rent

$575$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
Under 5	6.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	27.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	23.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.3%
75 and over	3.4%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	83.8%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	52.5%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
Drove alone	62.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	22.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
1-unit, detached	86.4%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lac du Flambeau	Sayner
Poverty rate	37.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.56	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	11	30
Median year structure built	1984	1970