Lake Lorraine vs Potter Lake

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

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

Potter Lake has the higher population (766 vs 251 in Lake Lorraine). Potter Lake has the higher median household income ($93,864 vs $55,208 in Lake Lorraine). Potter Lake has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $194,500 in Lake Lorraine).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
Population	251	766
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,208	$93,864
Median home value	$194,500	$279,400
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	134	422
Homeownership rate	69.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
Population	268 → 251 (-6.3%)	1,032 → 766 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $55,208 (-9.2%)	$79,038 → $93,864 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$159,800 → $194,500 (+21.7%)	$264,500 → $279,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $933 (+5.7%)	—

Lake Lorraine

Population

268251

Median household income

$60,781$55,208

Median home value

$159,800$194,500

Median gross rent

$883$933

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)

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	18.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	21.1%
75 and over	4.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
Drove alone	86.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
1-unit, detached	89.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Lorraine	Potter Lake
Poverty rate	13.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1963