Elkhart Lake vs Gibbsville

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

Elkhart Lake and Gibbsville 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 557 in Gibbsville). Gibbsville has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $256,300 in Gibbsville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
Population	1,097	557
Median age	57.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$110,000
Median home value	$285,200	$256,300
Median gross rent	$1,121	—
Housing units	737	192
Homeownership rate	72.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
Population	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)	435 → 557 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)	$74,271 → $110,000 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)	$160,000 → $256,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)	$1,283 → $1,156 (-9.9%)

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

Gibbsville

Population

435557

Median household income

$74,271$110,000

Median home value

$160,000$256,300

Median gross rent

$1,283$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
Under 5	2.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	25.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	3.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	21.1%	5.7%
75 and over	17.3%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
Drove alone	84.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
1-unit, detached	60.5%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart Lake	Gibbsville
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1971	1974