Lauderdale Lakes vs Potter Lake

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

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

Lauderdale Lakes has the higher population (1,337 vs 766 in Potter Lake). Potter Lake has the higher median household income ($93,864 vs $83,698 in Lauderdale Lakes). Lauderdale Lakes has the higher median home value ($313,800 vs $279,400 in Potter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
Population	1,337	766
Median age	57.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,698	$93,864
Median home value	$313,800	$279,400
Housing units	1,269	422
Homeownership rate	97.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
Population	1,259 → 1,337 (+6.2%)	1,032 → 766 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$87,679 → $83,698 (-4.5%)	$79,038 → $93,864 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$366,200 → $313,800 (-14.3%)	$264,500 → $279,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $1,641 (+4.1%)	—

Lauderdale Lakes

Population

1,2591,337

Median household income

$87,679$83,698

Median home value

$366,200$313,800

Median gross rent

$1,577$1,641

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)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
Under 5	5.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	24.5%	21.1%
75 and over	12.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
Drove alone	68.6%	86.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	10.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
1-unit, detached	97.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lauderdale Lakes	Potter Lake
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1977	1963