Browns Lake vs Eagle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Browns Lake and Eagle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Browns Lake has the higher population (1,766 vs 1,019 in Eagle Lake). Browns Lake has the higher median household income ($105,662 vs $87,244 in Eagle Lake). Browns Lake has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $229,600 in Eagle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
Population	1,766	1,019
Median age	55.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$87,244
Median home value	$298,000	$229,600
Housing units	1,102	554
Homeownership rate	97.5%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
Population	1,799 → 1,766 (-1.8%)	1,038 → 1,019 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$90,197 → $105,662 (+17.1%)	$81,181 → $87,244 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $298,000 (+24.1%)	$172,000 → $229,600 (+33.5%)

Browns Lake

Population

1,7991,766

Median household income

$90,197$105,662

Median home value

$240,100$298,000

Eagle Lake

Population

1,0381,019

Median household income

$81,181$87,244

Median home value

$172,000$229,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
Under 5	2.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	18.5%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	31.5%	20.9%
75 and over	8.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	28.4%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
Drove alone	75.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.5%	15.7%
Other means	5.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
1-unit, detached	77.6%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browns Lake	Eagle Lake
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1977	1964