Okauchee Lake vs Wales

A side-by-side comparison of Okauchee Lake and Wales: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okauchee Lake has the higher population (4,827 vs 2,915 in Wales). Okauchee Lake has the higher median household income ($129,241 vs $110,804 in Wales). Okauchee Lake has the higher median home value ($473,600 vs $383,600 in Wales).

Population, income & housing

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
Population	4,827	2,915
Median age	48.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$129,241	$110,804
Median home value	$473,600	$383,600
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,473
Housing units	2,345	1,054
Homeownership rate	88.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
Population	4,551 → 4,827 (+6.1%)	2,581 → 2,915 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$106,587 → $129,241 (+21.3%)	$98,125 → $110,804 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$367,200 → $473,600 (+29.0%)	$292,800 → $383,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,275 (+43.3%)	$1,014 → $1,473 (+45.3%)

Okauchee Lake

Population

4,5514,827

Median household income

$106,587$129,241

Median home value

$367,200$473,600

Median gross rent

$890$1,275

Wales

Population

2,5812,915

Median household income

$98,125$110,804

Median home value

$292,800$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.5%
75 and over	11.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
No high school diploma	0.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	22.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
Drove alone	77.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	16.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
1-unit, detached	87.5%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Okauchee Lake	Wales
Poverty rate	1.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1978	1979