Bristol vs Salem Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Salem Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salem Lakes has the higher population (14,521 vs 5,196 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($109,917 vs $94,554 in Salem Lakes). Bristol has the higher median home value ($288,800 vs $281,500 in Salem Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
Population	5,196	14,521
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,917	$94,554
Median home value	$288,800	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,132
Housing units	2,300	6,199
Homeownership rate	81.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
Population	5,038 → 5,196 (+3.1%)	14,728 → 14,521 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $109,917 (+33.9%)	$74,201 → $94,554 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $288,800 (+8.4%)	$202,100 → $281,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,213 (+22.9%)	$1,005 → $1,132 (+12.6%)

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

Salem Lakes

Population

14,72814,521

Median household income

$74,201$94,554

Median home value

$202,100$281,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
Under 5	3.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	19.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	10.3%
75 and over	5.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
Drove alone	84.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
1-unit, detached	81.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Salem Lakes
Poverty rate	1.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1981	1987