Elkhart Lake vs Hingham

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

Elkhart Lake and Hingham 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 927 in Hingham). Hingham has the higher median household income ($92,656 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $248,800 in Hingham).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
Population	1,097	927
Median age	57.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$92,656
Median home value	$285,200	$248,800
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,000
Housing units	737	361
Homeownership rate	72.3%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
Population	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)	866 → 927 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)	$95,833 → $92,656 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)	$183,200 → $248,800 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)	$821 → $1,000 (+21.8%)

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

Hingham

Population

866927

Median household income

$95,833$92,656

Median home value

$183,200$248,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
Under 5	2.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	3.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	21.1%	12.3%
75 and over	17.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
No high school diploma	1.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	19.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
Drove alone	84.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
1-unit, detached	60.5%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart Lake	Hingham
Poverty rate	3.5%	0.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1978