Rochester vs Wind Lake

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

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

Wind Lake has the higher population (5,028 vs 3,780 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($104,429 vs $100,306 in Wind Lake). Wind Lake has the higher median home value ($357,500 vs $340,900 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Wind Lake
Population	3,780	5,028
Median age	51.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,429	$100,306
Median home value	$340,900	$357,500
Median gross rent	$920	$1,158
Housing units	1,766	2,364
Homeownership rate	78.9%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Wind Lake
Population	3,811 → 3,780 (-0.8%)	5,364 → 5,028 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$90,377 → $104,429 (+15.5%)	$92,778 → $100,306 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $340,900 (+40.2%)	$270,300 → $357,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $920 (+4.7%)	$974 → $1,158 (+18.9%)

Rochester

Population

3,8113,780

Median household income

$90,377$104,429

Median home value

$243,200$340,900

Median gross rent

$879$920

Wind Lake

Population

5,3645,028

Median household income

$92,778$100,306

Median home value

$270,300$357,500

Median gross rent

$974$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Wind Lake
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.1%	21.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.4%
75 and over	7.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Wind Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Wind Lake
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Wind Lake
Drove alone	89.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Wind Lake
1-unit, detached	76.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Wind Lake
Poverty rate	1.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1983	1982