Cascade vs Elkhart Lake

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

Cascade 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 665 in Cascade). Elkhart Lake has the higher median household income ($86,071 vs $82,875 in Cascade). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $170,400 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
Population	665	1,097
Median age	43.0 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,875	$86,071
Median home value	$170,400	$285,200
Median gross rent	$935	$1,121
Housing units	287	737
Homeownership rate	81.8%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
Population	629 → 665 (+5.7%)	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$75,781 → $82,875 (+9.4%)	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $170,400 (+4.3%)	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $935 (+33.2%)	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)

Cascade

Population

629665

Median household income

$75,781$82,875

Median home value

$163,400$170,400

Median gross rent

$702$935

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)

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
Under 5	3.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	3.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	21.1%
75 and over	3.2%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	43.8%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
Drove alone	75.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
1-unit, detached	89.9%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Elkhart Lake
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1959	1971