Elkhart Lake vs Kohler

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

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

Kohler has the higher population (2,136 vs 1,097 in Elkhart Lake). Kohler has the higher median household income ($135,688 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Kohler has the higher median home value ($369,300 vs $285,200 in Elkhart Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
Population	1,097	2,136
Median age	57.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$135,688
Median home value	$285,200	$369,300
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,375
Housing units	737	851
Homeownership rate	72.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
Population	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)	2,146 → 2,136 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)	$87,455 → $135,688 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)	$252,500 → $369,300 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)	$958 → $1,375 (+43.5%)

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

Kohler

Population

2,1462,136

Median household income

$87,455$135,688

Median home value

$252,500$369,300

Median gross rent

$958$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
Under 5	2.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	21.1%	9.1%
75 and over	17.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
Drove alone	84.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Kohler
1-unit, detached	60.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	3.6%
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	Kohler
Poverty rate	3.5%	0.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1971	1968