Census-designated place · Adams County, Wisconsin

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin

Lake Camelot is a census-designated place in Adams County, Wisconsin. It has 1,162 residents. Lake Camelot, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,899 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #351 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on dentists (low), grocery stores (low) and primary care physicians (low).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,899 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #351 of 396 in WI
Population: 1,162 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 308.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 5541210

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,684/15,637
Economy81#2,907/15,631
Housing—
Health53#7,324/15,609
Healthcare30#10,896/15,650
Environment73#4,202/15,453
Education61#6,099/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,866/15,650
Community53#7,385/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,162/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake Camelot, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Adams County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low73 min
100/100Wisconsin 140 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAdams County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
99/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Wisconsin 3.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Poverty rate · low1.6%
97/100Wisconsin 10.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Restaurants and bars · high15.2 /10k
95/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Students per teacher · low10.8×
95/100Wisconsin 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAdams County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low9 /100k
1/100Wisconsin 75 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Primary care physicians · low9 /100k
1/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Wisconsin 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Reading scores · low2.53
2/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
3/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
787 (2015-2019) → 1,162 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 40.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Unemployment rateImproving
9.6% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.3× (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$78,051 (2015-2019) → $95,125 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
4.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lake Camelot, Wisconsin improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Bachelor's++19 points21.8% → 40.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Lake Camelot, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.5 min2015-2019	34.9 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%2015-2019	40.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	99%
Broadband subscriptions	89.2%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	1.86%2015-2019	1.57%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	96.9%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3702015-2019	0.3662020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$78,0512015-2019	$95,1252020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	37%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lake Camelot, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake Camelot, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lake Camelot, Wisconsin itself moved −4.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,162 residents (±182)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

597 households (±110)

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k5.9%†35
$25k–50k20%†119
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

597 households (±110)

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own94%563
Rent5.7%†34

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

426 workers (±122)

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone62%†264
Carpool12%†53
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Adams County, the county holding most of Lake Camelot's residents.

Adams County has 346 employer establishments, 159 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.65× Wisconsin's), with 3,187 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,568. The Census Bureau also counts 1,328 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 346; 1,328 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 159; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 3,187
Average annual pay: $40,568; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Adams County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	35	16.1	1.04×About typical	114	$56,877	114
Restaurants and other eating places	32	14.7	0.80×About typical	369	$17,209	4
Full-service restaurants	24	11	1.44×More than typical	211	$19,071	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	20	9.2	7.59×More than typical	119	$18,084	9
Lessors of real estate	19	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	47	$35,234	150
Truck transportation	15	6.9	1.37×More than typical	60	$46,200	68
Ambulatory health care services	13	6	0.29×Fewer than typical	39	$41,667	21
Other specialty trade contractors	12	5.5	2.20×More than typical	40	$60,375	34
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	5.1	1.01×About typical	41	$40,878	26
Real estate agents and brokers	11	5.1	1.04×About typical	26	$36,692	45
Religious organizations	11	5.1	0.91×About typical	26	$16,500	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	5.1	0.75×Fewer than typical	39	$33,462	101

Rank places for an industry Open Adams County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,722 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lake Camelot, Wisconsin: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

20.8FY2017

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lake Camelot, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Adams County, WI ($24.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lake Camelot is mostly in Adams County.

See federal money in Adams County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lake Camelot, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Derrick Van OrdenR-WI-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 8.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Adams County43100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Adams County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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