Browns Lake vs Yorkville

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

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

Yorkville has the higher population (3,237 vs 1,766 in Browns Lake). Yorkville has the higher median household income ($109,643 vs $105,662 in Browns Lake). Yorkville has the higher median home value ($360,100 vs $298,000 in Browns Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
Population	1,766	3,237
Median age	55.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,662	$109,643
Median home value	$298,000	$360,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,091
Housing units	1,102	1,273
Homeownership rate	97.5%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
Population	1,799 → 1,766 (-1.8%)	3,114 → 3,237 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$90,197 → $105,662 (+17.1%)	$90,417 → $109,643 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $298,000 (+24.1%)	$270,700 → $360,100 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,257 → $1,091 (-13.2%)

Browns Lake

Population

1,7991,766

Median household income

$90,197$105,662

Median home value

$240,100$298,000

Yorkville

Population

3,1143,237

Median household income

$90,417$109,643

Median home value

$270,700$360,100

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
Under 5	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	5.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	31.5%	12.8%
75 and over	8.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
Drove alone	75.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	12.8%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
1-unit, detached	77.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.3%
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%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Browns Lake	Yorkville
Poverty rate	13.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	1979