Adell vs Elkhart Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Adell and Elkhart Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkhart Lake has the higher population (1,097 vs 461 in Adell). Elkhart Lake has the higher median household income ($86,071 vs $72,125 in Adell). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $188,600 in Adell).

Population, income & housing

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
Population	461	1,097
Median age	48.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,125	$86,071
Median home value	$188,600	$285,200
Median gross rent	$758	$1,121
Housing units	229	737
Homeownership rate	71.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
Population	602 → 461 (-23.4%)	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $72,125 (+7.6%)	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $188,600 (+35.2%)	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $758 (+20.3%)	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)

Adell

Population

602461

Median household income

$67,000$72,125

Median home value

$139,500$188,600

Median gross rent

$630$758

Elkhart Lake

Population

1,1161,097

Median household income

$58,750$86,071

Median home value

$182,500$285,200

Median gross rent

$756$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
Under 5	8.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	2.4%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	22.8%	21.1%
75 and over	6.1%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	39.3%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
Drove alone	89.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
1-unit, detached	82.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adell	Elkhart Lake
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1970	1971