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.
Because of many things, Three Lakes is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Three Lakes really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Three Lakes perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Three Lakes is worth considering.
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.