Browns Lake vs Wind Point

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

Browns Lake and Wind Point 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 1,632 in Wind Point). Wind Point has the higher median household income ($134,375 vs $105,662 in Browns Lake). Browns Lake has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $295,000 in Wind Point).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
Population	1,766	1,632
Median age	55.7 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$134,375
Median home value	$298,000	$295,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,136
Housing units	1,102	820
Homeownership rate	97.5%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
Population	1,799 → 1,766 (-1.8%)	1,776 → 1,632 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$90,197 → $105,662 (+17.1%)	$112,656 → $134,375 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $298,000 (+24.1%)	$250,700 → $295,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,813 → $2,136 (+17.8%)

Browns Lake

Population

1,7991,766

Median household income

$90,197$105,662

Median home value

$240,100$298,000

Wind Point

Population

1,7761,632

Median household income

$112,656$134,375

Median home value

$250,700$295,000

Median gross rent

$1,813$2,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	19.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	31.5%	17.5%
75 and over	8.0%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
Drove alone	75.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.7%
Public transit	2.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	18.1%
Other means	5.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
1-unit, detached	77.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Browns Lake	Wind Point
Poverty rate	13.3%	0.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1974