Elroy vs New Lisbon

A side-by-side comparison of Elroy and New Lisbon: population, income, housing, and more.

Elroy and New Lisbon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Lisbon has the higher population (2,549 vs 1,529 in Elroy). New Lisbon has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $58,750 in Elroy). Elroy has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $105,500 in New Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Elroy	New Lisbon
Population	1,529	2,549
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$64,000
Median home value	$120,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$918	$723
Housing units	668	881
Homeownership rate	71.6%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elroy	New Lisbon
Population	1,422 → 1,529 (+7.5%)	2,506 → 2,549 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $58,750 (+18.3%)	$44,500 → $64,000 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $120,500 (+48.0%)	$88,900 → $105,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $918 (+54.0%)	$747 → $723 (-3.2%)

Elroy

Population

1,4221,529

Median household income

$49,643$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$596$918

New Lisbon

Population

2,5062,549

Median household income

$44,500$64,000

Median home value

$88,900$105,500

Median gross rent

$747$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elroy	New Lisbon
Under 5	7.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	19.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elroy	New Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	74.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elroy	New Lisbon
No high school diploma	12.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elroy	New Lisbon
Drove alone	71.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	18.7%	10.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elroy	New Lisbon
1-unit, detached	82.2%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Elroy	New Lisbon
Poverty rate	15.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1952	1970