Paddock LakeWI
A town of 2,974.
What should you know before moving to Paddock Lake?
Paddock Lake's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades A−, ranked 109th of 357 in Wisconsin. The median household earns $88K. Paddock Lake’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both Wisconsin’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Hooker Lake Marsh Fishery Area, at 34 acres.
What makes Paddock Lake stand out
Where Paddock Lake beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Paddock Lake for work
Where Paddock Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Paddock Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Paddock Lake is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Paddock Lake: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Paddock Lake, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Paddock Lake.
Paddock Lake sends many workers across the state line and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Cold waves leads a very low hazard risk in Paddock Lake
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Paddock Lake.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Paddock Lake’s schools rank ahead of 60% of Wisconsin districts
Its public schools are run by the Westosha Central UHS School District. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Central High, with 1,309 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,309 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Paddock Lake’s workers commute out
29% of working residents cross a state line to work. The average commute for its 1,553 working residents takes 32.5 minutes, against 22.2 across Wisconsin.
Most working residents leave Paddock Lake for work: only 5% work in town. 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Paddock Lake. The top destinations are Kenosha (12%), Pleasant Prairie (8%) and Salem Lakes (5%).
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 6.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Paddock Lake ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Paddock Lake beats the Wisconsin average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of Paddock Lake adults binge drink.
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Paddock Lake | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Paddock Lake, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons average 82.5°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 90% of Wisconsin places with climate records; January nights average 14.2°.
Paddock Lake has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Paddock Lake is 14°F. About 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 14°F | 11°F | 22°F |
| July high | 83°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Younger than Wisconsin overall
People 65 and older are 14% of residents (19% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Paddock Lake | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.8% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.5% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 30% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Homes in Paddock Lake are worth about $322K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Paddock Lake home is worth about $322,000, up 4.9% in a year, close to the Wisconsin typical home. Paddock Lake’s median rent is $1,283 a month.
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,283 a month | $1,076 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hooker Lake Marsh Fishery Area | — | 34 |
| 2. Old Settlers Park | 0.1 mi | 18 |
| 3. Village Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Six Flags Great America and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Paddock Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
34 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
38 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
34 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
32 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
20 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music TheatrePhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Paddock Lake
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Paddock Lake
About 4 of every 100 Paddock Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Paddock Lake
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Paddock Lake is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 817 ft
Paddock Lake’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Paddock Lake.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddock Lake | #109 | A− | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Salem Lakes | #239 | B− | C | — | B+ | B |
| Brighton | — | — | C− | — | A | B |
Brighton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Paddock Lake, Salem Lakes and Brighton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Paddock Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Paddock Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Paddock Lake, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Paddock Lake grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #109 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B+ for health and B for schools.
Is Paddock Lake, WI expensive?
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($81,239 across the Kenosha, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.