Ellison Bay vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of Ellison Bay and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

Ellison Bay and Forestville are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestville has the higher population (576 vs 188 in Ellison Bay). Forestville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $71,250 in Ellison Bay). Ellison Bay has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $152,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
Population	188	576
Median age	62.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$78,125
Median home value	$287,500	$152,700
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	333	258
Homeownership rate	95.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
Population	159 → 188 (+18.2%)	477 → 576 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $71,250 (-11.9%)	$48,750 → $78,125 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $287,500 (+19.8%)	$119,700 → $152,700 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $676 (+12.7%)

Ellison Bay

Population

159188

Median household income

$80,833$71,250

Median home value

$240,000$287,500

Forestville

Population

477576

Median household income

$48,750$78,125

Median home value

$119,700$152,700

Median gross rent

$600$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
Under 5	10.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	4.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	25.5%	14.2%
75 and over	12.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	13.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	51.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
Drove alone	49.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	32.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
1-unit, detached	76.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Ellison Bay	Forestville
Poverty rate	16.0%	5.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1977	1974