Elcho vs Post Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Elcho and Post Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Post Lake has the higher population (330 vs 170 in Elcho). Post Lake has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $40,060 in Elcho). Post Lake has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $68,300 in Elcho).

Population, income & housing

	Elcho	Post Lake
Population	170	330
Median age	55.8 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,060	$66,875
Median home value	$68,300	$255,700
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	151	621
Homeownership rate	53.5%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elcho	Post Lake
Population	249 → 170 (-31.7%)	292 → 330 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $40,060 (-2.9%)	$54,792 → $66,875 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $68,300 (-41.5%)	$181,300 → $255,700 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)	—

Elcho

Population

249170

Median household income

$41,250$40,060

Median home value

$116,700$68,300

Median gross rent

$519$625

Post Lake

Population

292330

Median household income

$54,792$66,875

Median home value

$181,300$255,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elcho	Post Lake
Under 5	2.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	20.0%	30.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	23.9%
75 and over	11.8%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elcho	Post Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elcho	Post Lake
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	50.4%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elcho	Post Lake
Drove alone	95.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elcho	Post Lake
1-unit, detached	68.2%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Elcho	Post Lake
Poverty rate	38.2%	6.1%
Average household size	1.68	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1974	1976