Three Lakes is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 605 people and two associated neighborhoods, Three Lakes is the 434th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Three Lakes is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Three Lakes is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Three Lakes who work in sales jobs (21.55%), community and social services (13.36%), and office and administrative support (8.62%). Because of many things, Three Lakes is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Three Lakes a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Three Lakes has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Three Lakes’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Three Lakes has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Three Lakes a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Three Lakes is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Three Lakes isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.97% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Being a small town, Three Lakes does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Three Lakes ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Three Lakes, 40.91% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Three Lakes in 2022 was $36,974, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,896 for a family of four. However, Three Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Three Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Three Lakes residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Three Lakes include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Three Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
