Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,760/15,637
Economy79#3,359/15,631
Housing91#1,300/14,977
Health56#6,834/15,609
Healthcare70#4,718/15,650
Environment50#7,800/15,453
Education57#6,713/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,562/15,650
Community81#2,901/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,244/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Paddock Lake, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kenosha 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

Natural hazard risk · low0.8
100/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyKenosha County value
Rent-burdened households · low23.8%
96/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.9%
93/100Wisconsin 10.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Loneliness · low31.1%
93/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · low0.8%
91/100Wisconsin 12.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Rent as share of income · low25.9%
89/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high10 days
7/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKenosha County value
Days with unhealthy air · high5.5%
8/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKenosha County value
Child care cost burden · high39.0%
11/100Wisconsin 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKenosha County value
Social associations · low6.9 /10k
22/100Wisconsin 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKenosha County value
Grocery stores · low1.2 /10k
23/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKenosha County value
Average commute time · high32.5 min
27/100Wisconsin 22.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
7.4 /1k (2021) → 3.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.8% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.330 (2015-2019) → 0.440 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.7% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
29.0% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
−5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Paddock Lake, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 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.

Improved2

Property tax−0.8 points2.03% → 1.26%
Broadband+6.1 points86.7% → 92.8%

Declined2

Inequality+0.1100.330 → 0.440
Price / income+0.8×2.2× → 2.9×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Paddock Lake, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.0 min2015-2019	32.5 min2020-2024	+2.5 min	Within the margin of error	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Broadband subscriptions	86.7%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	38%
Effective property tax rate	2.03%2015-2019	1.26%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3302015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.110	Declined	4%
Median household income	$76,4532015-2019	$87,8002020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	6.2%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	22.9%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2015-2019	2.5%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.6%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“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 Paddock Lake, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Paddock Lake, 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, Paddock Lake, Wisconsin itself moved −7.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,947 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+3.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,947 residents (±31)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White91%2,676
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino4.7%†139

Education

2,141 residents (±133)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma6.0%†128
High school or GED25%545
Some college30%642

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,302 households (±117)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k10%†133
$25k–50k7.9%†103
$50k–75k19%†243
$75k–100k19%†249
$100k–150k23%305
$150k–200k9.2%†120
$200k or more11%†149

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,302 households (±117)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own83%1,078
Rent17%†224

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

164 households (±60)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $7506.1%†10
$750–1,0003.0%†5
$1,000–1,50053%†87

Home values

1,078 homes (±122)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k4.7%†51
$150k–250k43%†459
$250k–400k40%428

Age of homes

1,389 homes (±114)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later6.6%†91
2000–20099.9%†138
1980–199917%†236

Size of homes

1,389 homes (±114)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio3.6%†50
1 bedroom4.8%†67
2 bedrooms31%†428

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,699 workers (±129)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone89%1,518
Carpool3.6%†61
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.8%†116
Other0.2%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,583 workers (±127)

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min14%228
15–29 min31%497
30–44 min28%442

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kenosha, WI

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 Kenosha County, the county holding most of Paddock Lake's residents.

Kenosha County has 3,403 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Wisconsin's), with 67,834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,172. The Census Bureau also counts 10,480 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,403; 10,480 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 67,834
Average annual pay: $52,172; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	291	17.3	0.83×About typical	4,147	$74,169	392
Restaurants and other eating places	270	16.1	0.88×About typical	5,657	$19,350	45
Specialty trade contractors	216	12.9	0.83×About typical	1,402	$70,454	758
Limited-service restaurants	134	8	1.00×About typical	2,852	$17,238	21
Truck transportation	132	7.9	1.56×More than typical	952	$66,199	269
Lessors of real estate	120	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	663	$53,855	1,159
Full-service restaurants	111	6.6	0.86×About typical	2,502	$21,814	19
Services to buildings and dwellings	103	6.1	0.91×About typical	658	$39,681	492
Construction of buildings	101	6	0.80×Fewer than typical	521	$75,386	254
Offices of other health practitioners	100	6	0.98×About typical	905	$53,622	196
Offices of physicians	100	6	0.92×About typical	1,252	$85,239	43
Personal care services	91	5.4	1.14×About typical	615	$27,930	557

Rank places for an industry Open Kenosha County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 167,852 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 Paddock Lake, Wisconsin: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
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

73.8KFY2018
-13.7KFY2019

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Paddock Lake, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Paddock Lake, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Kenosha County, WI ($24.6M 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: Paddock Lake is mostly in Kenosha County.

See federal money in Kenosha 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.

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

House

Bryan SteilR-WI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Kenosha County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kenosha, WI77

Other cities and towns in Kenosha 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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