Darien vs Potter Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Potter Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Darien has the higher population (1,175 vs 766 in Potter Lake). Potter Lake has the higher median household income ($93,864 vs $65,893 in Darien). Potter Lake has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $197,200 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Potter Lake
Population	1,175	766
Median age	42.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$93,864
Median home value	$197,200	$279,400
Median gross rent	$831	—
Housing units	544	422
Homeownership rate	84.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Potter Lake
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	1,032 → 766 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$79,038 → $93,864 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$264,500 → $279,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	—

Darien

Population

1,7041,175

Median household income

$73,333$65,893

Median home value

$152,100$197,200

Median gross rent

$1,033$831

Potter Lake

Population

1,032766

Median household income

$79,038$93,864

Median home value

$264,500$279,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Potter Lake
Under 5	5.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	21.1%
75 and over	3.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Potter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Potter Lake
No high school diploma	10.1%	0.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Potter Lake
Drove alone	86.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	10.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Potter Lake
1-unit, detached	76.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Potter Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	1.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1973	1963