Elkhart Lake vs Oostburg

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

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

Oostburg has the higher population (3,077 vs 1,097 in Elkhart Lake). Oostburg has the higher median household income ($87,276 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $230,400 in Oostburg).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
Population	1,097	3,077
Median age	57.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$87,276
Median home value	$285,200	$230,400
Median gross rent	$1,121	$931
Housing units	737	1,253
Homeownership rate	72.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
Population	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)	2,990 → 3,077 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)	$61,250 → $87,276 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)	$153,300 → $230,400 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)	$745 → $931 (+25.0%)

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

Oostburg

Population

2,9903,077

Median household income

$61,250$87,276

Median home value

$153,300$230,400

Median gross rent

$745$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
Under 5	2.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	21.1%	10.9%
75 and over	17.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
Drove alone	84.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
1-unit, detached	60.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart Lake	Oostburg
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1981