Bristol vs Paddock Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Paddock Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (5,196 vs 2,965 in Paddock Lake). Bristol has the higher median household income ($109,917 vs $88,438 in Paddock Lake). Bristol has the higher median home value ($288,800 vs $242,800 in Paddock Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
Population	5,196	2,965
Median age	45.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,917	$88,438
Median home value	$288,800	$242,800
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,202
Housing units	2,300	1,390
Homeownership rate	81.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
Population	5,038 → 5,196 (+3.1%)	2,998 → 2,965 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $109,917 (+33.9%)	$76,453 → $88,438 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $288,800 (+8.4%)	$164,600 → $242,800 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,213 (+22.9%)	$1,080 → $1,202 (+11.3%)

Bristol

Population

5,0385,196

Median household income

$82,062$109,917

Median home value

$266,500$288,800

Median gross rent

$987$1,213

Paddock Lake

Population

2,9982,965

Median household income

$76,453$88,438

Median home value

$164,600$242,800

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
Under 5	3.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.5%
75 and over	5.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	21.8%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
1-unit, detached	81.7%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Paddock Lake
Poverty rate	1.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1981	1971