Cascade vs Random Lake

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

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

Random Lake has the higher population (1,494 vs 665 in Cascade). Random Lake has the higher median household income ($87,370 vs $82,875 in Cascade). Random Lake has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $170,400 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Random Lake
Population	665	1,494
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,875	$87,370
Median home value	$170,400	$240,300
Median gross rent	$935	$865
Housing units	287	726
Homeownership rate	81.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Random Lake
Population	629 → 665 (+5.7%)	1,646 → 1,494 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$75,781 → $82,875 (+9.4%)	$68,646 → $87,370 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $170,400 (+4.3%)	$169,000 → $240,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $935 (+33.2%)	$739 → $865 (+17.1%)

Cascade

Population

629665

Median household income

$75,781$82,875

Median home value

$163,400$170,400

Median gross rent

$702$935

Random Lake

Population

1,6461,494

Median household income

$68,646$87,370

Median home value

$169,000$240,300

Median gross rent

$739$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Random Lake
Under 5	3.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Random Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Random Lake
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Random Lake
Drove alone	75.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Random Lake
1-unit, detached	89.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Random Lake
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1959	1967