Elcho vs Summit Lake

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

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

Elcho has the higher population (170 vs 97 in Summit Lake). Summit Lake has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $40,060 in Elcho). Summit Lake has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $68,300 in Elcho).

Population, income & housing

	Elcho	Summit Lake
Population	170	97
Median age	55.8 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,060	$74,286
Median home value	$68,300	$243,800
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	151	140
Homeownership rate	53.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elcho	Summit Lake
Population	249 → 170 (-31.7%)	151 → 97 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $40,060 (-2.9%)	$48,125 → $74,286 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $68,300 (-41.5%)	$140,300 → $243,800 (+73.8%)
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

Summit Lake

Population

15197

Median household income

$48,125$74,286

Median home value

$140,300$243,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elcho	Summit Lake
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	20.0%	50.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	32.0%
75 and over	11.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elcho	Summit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.8%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elcho	Summit Lake
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	50.4%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elcho	Summit Lake
Drove alone	95.7%	40.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elcho	Summit Lake
1-unit, detached	68.2%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elcho	Summit Lake
Poverty rate	38.2%	6.2%
Average household size	1.68	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1974	1968