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Balsam Lake village, Polk County, WI

819 Population
2.2 square miles 368.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 46.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,205 ±$4,533 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $39,402 ±$829
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$48,468 ±$4,313 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $76,208 ±$1,997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

15.7% ±4.9% (117  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Polk County: 8.3% † 3,708 (±0.8% / ±370)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.6 minutes ±4 (6,650  ±1,850) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 29.5 577,540 (±1.1 / ±24,236)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

382 ±57 Number of households
  • Polk County: 18,829 ±333
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2 ±0.4 (760  ±107) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 44,831 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6.5% ±6.2% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 3.8% † 329 (±0.8% / ±70)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

641 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 24,377 ±87
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$188,600 ±$47,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $241,200 ±$6,143
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

18.6% ±5.7% (152  ±50.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 8.9% † 3,988 (±1% / ±436.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

88.1% ±17.6% (570  ±79.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 93.6% 31,108 (±2.3% / ±774.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
20.1% ±5.8% (130  ±41.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 23.7% 7,865 (±1.2% / ±403.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.5% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 1.2% 542
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5.4% ±2.3% (38  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 8.2% 2,963 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
38 Total veterans ±17 35 Male ±15 3 Female ±4

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