Ellison Bay vs Little Sturgeon

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

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

Ellison Bay has the higher population (188 vs 111 in Little Sturgeon). Ellison Bay has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $70,000 in Little Sturgeon). Little Sturgeon has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $287,500 in Ellison Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
Population	188	111
Median age	62.2 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$70,000
Median home value	$287,500	$456,300
Housing units	333	308
Homeownership rate	95.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
Population	159 → 188 (+18.2%)	205 → 111 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $71,250 (-11.9%)	$52,321 → $70,000 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $287,500 (+19.8%)	$191,700 → $456,300 (+138.0%)

Ellison Bay

Population

159188

Median household income

$80,833$71,250

Median home value

$240,000$287,500

Little Sturgeon

Population

205111

Median household income

$52,321$70,000

Median home value

$191,700$456,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	1.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	2.1%	2.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.5%	36.9%
65 to 74	25.5%	44.1%
75 and over	12.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	51.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
Drove alone	49.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	32.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	23.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	76.0%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellison Bay	Little Sturgeon
Poverty rate	16.0%	4.5%
Average household size	1.96	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	13	25
Median year structure built	1977	1970