Browns Lake vs North Bay

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

Browns Lake and North Bay 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 238 in North Bay). North Bay has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $105,662 in Browns Lake). North Bay has the higher median home value ($470,600 vs $298,000 in Browns Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Lake	North Bay
Population	1,766	238
Median age	55.7 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$121,250
Median home value	$298,000	$470,600
Housing units	1,102	124
Homeownership rate	97.5%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Lake	North Bay
Population	1,799 → 1,766 (-1.8%)	188 → 238 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$90,197 → $105,662 (+17.1%)	$91,250 → $121,250 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $298,000 (+24.1%)	$321,700 → $470,600 (+46.3%)

Browns Lake

Population

1,7991,766

Median household income

$90,197$105,662

Median home value

$240,100$298,000

North Bay

Population

188238

Median household income

$91,250$121,250

Median home value

$321,700$470,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Lake	North Bay
Under 5	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	5.0%	4.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	31.5%	26.1%
75 and over	8.0%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Lake	North Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Lake	North Bay
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	34.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Lake	North Bay
Drove alone	75.6%	51.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.2%
Public transit	2.5%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	33.0%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Lake	North Bay
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	North Bay
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1977	1950