Lake Town, Price County, Wisconsin Population

Overview

1,074

Total Population

57.5

Median age

44.13%

Female population %

126.6:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

55-59 years

Largest age group

64.0

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

5

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Lake town's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Lake town is 57.5, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Lake town's population under 18 was 9.78%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Lake town's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 32.12% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Lake town, 6.89% were under the age of 15, 8.85% aged 15 to 29, 52.14% aged 30 to 64, 29.61% aged 65 to 84, and 2.51% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 126 less females than males in Lake town:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 44.13% females and 55.87% males in Lake Town, Price County, Wisconsin.
The Lake Town, Price County, Wisconsin gender ratio is 126.6:100 i.e. 126.6 men to 100 women (1.266).
For male population, the largest age group is 65-69 years with a population of 89.
For the female population, the largest age group is 60-64 years with a population of 83.

Lake town's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Lake town population: 99.16% are White, 0.19% are Asian, 0.19% are some other race and 0.47% are multiracial.
Lake town's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the town.
By ethnicity, 5 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 1,069 (99.53% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Lake town is White with a population of 1,065 (99.16% of the total population).

Lake town's population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline:

The peak population was 1,280 in the year 2000
From 2000 to 2010, Lake town's population decreased by 158 (12.34%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Lake town's population decreased by 19 (1.69%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the United States was 7.17%.
Between the year 2000 and 2022, Lake town's population was lowest in year 2017 at 1,088.