Shell Lake vs Trego

A side-by-side comparison of Shell Lake and Trego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shell Lake has the higher population (1,513 vs 130 in Trego). Trego has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $56,875 in Shell Lake). Shell Lake has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $134,400 in Trego).

Population, income & housing

	Shell Lake	Trego
Population	1,513	130
Median age	45.0 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$58,333
Median home value	$207,100	$134,400
Median gross rent	$713	$770
Housing units	938	133
Homeownership rate	71.5%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shell Lake	Trego
Population	1,320 → 1,513 (+14.6%)	176 → 130 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$38,152 → $56,875 (+49.1%)	$40,833 → $58,333 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $207,100 (+66.7%)	$138,800 → $134,400 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $713 (+9.4%)	—

Shell Lake

Population

1,3201,513

Median household income

$38,152$56,875

Median home value

$124,200$207,100

Median gross rent

$652$713

Trego

Population

176130

Median household income

$40,833$58,333

Median home value

$138,800$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shell Lake	Trego
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	6.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	25.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	22.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	26.9%
75 and over	13.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shell Lake	Trego
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	7.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shell Lake	Trego
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shell Lake	Trego
Drove alone	71.3%	62.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shell Lake	Trego
1-unit, detached	74.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Shell Lake	Trego
Poverty rate	9.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.26	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1977	1976