Sturtevant vs Wind Lake

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

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

Sturtevant has the higher population (6,787 vs 5,028 in Wind Lake). Wind Lake has the higher median household income ($100,306 vs $84,479 in Sturtevant). Wind Lake has the higher median home value ($357,500 vs $231,000 in Sturtevant).

Population, income & housing

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
Population	6,787	5,028
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,479	$100,306
Median home value	$231,000	$357,500
Median gross rent	$896	$1,158
Housing units	1,899	2,364
Homeownership rate	77.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
Population	6,606 → 6,787 (+2.7%)	5,364 → 5,028 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$65,718 → $84,479 (+28.5%)	$92,778 → $100,306 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$160,200 → $231,000 (+44.2%)	$270,300 → $357,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $896 (+3.7%)	$974 → $1,158 (+18.9%)

Sturtevant

Population

6,6066,787

Median household income

$65,718$84,479

Median home value

$160,200$231,000

Median gross rent

$864$896

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)

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	19.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.4%
75 and over	4.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	12.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
No high school diploma	11.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
Drove alone	87.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
1-unit, detached	68.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sturtevant	Wind Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1976	1982