Chain O' Lakes vs Manawa

A side-by-side comparison of Chain O' Lakes and Manawa: population, income, housing, and more.

Chain O' Lakes and Manawa are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Manawa has the higher population (1,317 vs 1,006 in Chain O' Lakes). Chain O' Lakes has the higher median household income ($83,438 vs $79,432 in Manawa). Chain O' Lakes has the higher median home value ($662,700 vs $146,200 in Manawa).

Population, income & housing

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
Population	1,006	1,317
Median age	64.7 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,438	$79,432
Median home value	$662,700	$146,200
Median gross rent	$730	$817
Housing units	1,101	691
Homeownership rate	81.8%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
Population	861 → 1,006 (+16.8%)	1,352 → 1,317 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$65,875 → $83,438 (+26.7%)	$51,813 → $79,432 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$454,600 → $662,700 (+45.8%)	$99,400 → $146,200 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $730 (-10.1%)	$659 → $817 (+24.0%)

Chain O' Lakes

Population

8611,006

Median household income

$65,875$83,438

Median home value

$454,600$662,700

Median gross rent

$812$730

Manawa

Population

1,3521,317

Median household income

$51,813$79,432

Median home value

$99,400$146,200

Median gross rent

$659$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
Under 5	1.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	25.3%	20.5%
75 and over	22.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
No high school diploma	0.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	10.1%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
Drove alone	86.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
1-unit, detached	94.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chain O' Lakes	Manawa
Poverty rate	2.1%	9.8%
Average household size	1.77	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1977	1967