Cedar Grove vs Elkhart Lake

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

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

Cedar Grove has the higher population (2,430 vs 1,097 in Elkhart Lake). Cedar Grove has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $221,900 in Cedar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
Population	2,430	1,097
Median age	39.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$86,071
Median home value	$221,900	$285,200
Median gross rent	$971	$1,121
Housing units	933	737
Homeownership rate	85.8%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
Population	2,103 → 2,430 (+15.5%)	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$65,700 → $87,500 (+33.2%)	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $221,900 (+37.0%)	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $971 (+28.3%)	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)

Cedar Grove

Population

2,1032,430

Median household income

$65,700$87,500

Median home value

$162,000$221,900

Median gross rent

$757$971

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)

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	21.1%
75 and over	7.8%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
Drove alone	82.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
1-unit, detached	79.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Elkhart Lake
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1978	1971