North Lake vs Oconomowoc Lake

A side-by-side comparison of North Lake and Oconomowoc Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oconomowoc Lake has the higher population (699 vs 222 in North Lake). Oconomowoc Lake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,038 in North Lake). Oconomowoc Lake has the higher median home value ($1,328,700 vs $299,000 in North Lake).

Population, income & housing

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
Population	222	699
Median age	45.0 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,038	$250,001
Median home value	$299,000	$1,328,700
Median gross rent	$889	—
Housing units	141	338
Homeownership rate	72.8%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.6%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
Population	300 → 222 (-26.0%)	583 → 699 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$96,429 → $109,038 (+13.1%)	$216,250 → $250,001 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$306,300 → $299,000 (-2.4%)	$891,700 → $1,328,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $889 (-25.2%)	—

North Lake

Population

300222

Median household income

$96,429$109,038

Median home value

$306,300$299,000

Median gross rent

$1,188$889

Oconomowoc Lake

Population

583699

Median household income

$216,250$250,001

Median home value

$891,700$1,328,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	25.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.7%
75 and over	7.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	20.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
Drove alone	84.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
1-unit, detached	94.3%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Lake	Oconomowoc Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1956	1974