Browns Lake vs Elmwood Park

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

Browns Lake and Elmwood Park 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 528 in Elmwood Park). Browns Lake has the higher median household income ($105,662 vs $61,573 in Elmwood Park). Browns Lake has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $229,200 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
Population	1,766	528
Median age	55.7 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$61,573
Median home value	$298,000	$229,200
Housing units	1,102	293
Homeownership rate	97.5%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
Population	1,799 → 1,766 (-1.8%)	495 → 528 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$90,197 → $105,662 (+17.1%)	$77,188 → $61,573 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $298,000 (+24.1%)	$194,400 → $229,200 (+17.9%)

Browns Lake

Population

1,7991,766

Median household income

$90,197$105,662

Median home value

$240,100$298,000

Elmwood Park

Population

495528

Median household income

$77,188$61,573

Median home value

$194,400$229,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
Under 5	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	3.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	31.5%	15.3%
75 and over	8.0%	38.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
No high school diploma	7.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
Drove alone	75.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.4%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	10.2%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
1-unit, detached	77.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browns Lake	Elmwood Park
Poverty rate	13.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.23	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1977	1968