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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Three Lakes has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Three Lakes has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Three Lakes than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Three Lakes may be for you.
Three Lakes is a very car-oriented town. 96.97% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Three Lakes is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Three Lakes has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
As is often the case in a small town, Three Lakes doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Three Lakes are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.91% of adults in Three Lakes have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.
