Bristol vs Powers Lake

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

Bristol and Powers 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 1,378 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median household income ($113,875 vs $109,917 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($288,800 vs $286,400 in Powers Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Powers Lake
Population	5,196	1,378
Median age	45.7 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,917	$113,875
Median home value	$288,800	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,213	—
Housing units	2,300	936
Homeownership rate	81.8%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Powers Lake
Population	5,038 → 5,196 (+3.1%)	1,095 → 1,378 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $109,917 (+33.9%)	$96,250 → $113,875 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $288,800 (+8.4%)	$227,400 → $286,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,213 (+22.9%)	—

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

Powers Lake

Population

1,0951,378

Median household income

$96,250$113,875

Median home value

$227,400$286,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Powers Lake
Under 5	3.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	21.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	19.4%
75 and over	5.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Powers Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	64.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	28.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	81.7%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	1.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1981	1981