Elk Mound vs Tainter Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Mound and Tainter Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Mound and Tainter Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tainter Lake has the higher population (2,753 vs 1,103 in Elk Mound). Tainter Lake has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $62,167 in Elk Mound). Tainter Lake has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $142,500 in Elk Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
Population	1,103	2,753
Median age	32.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,167	$96,250
Median home value	$142,500	$275,600
Median gross rent	$984	$883
Housing units	387	1,264
Homeownership rate	50.5%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
Population	1,067 → 1,103 (+3.4%)	2,494 → 2,753 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $62,167 (-3.7%)	$82,786 → $96,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $142,500 (+18.1%)	$197,800 → $275,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $984 (+15.8%)	$957 → $883 (-7.7%)

Elk Mound

Population

1,0671,103

Median household income

$64,583$62,167

Median home value

$120,700$142,500

Median gross rent

$850$984

Tainter Lake

Population

2,4942,753

Median household income

$82,786$96,250

Median home value

$197,800$275,600

Median gross rent

$957$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	25.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	20.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.6%
75 and over	3.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
Drove alone	81.1%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
1-unit, detached	41.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Elk Mound	Tainter Lake
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1977	1983