Elkhart Lake vs Random Lake

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

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

Random Lake has the higher population (1,494 vs 1,097 in Elkhart Lake). Random Lake has the higher median household income ($87,370 vs $86,071 in Elkhart Lake). Elkhart Lake has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $240,300 in Random Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
Population	1,097	1,494
Median age	57.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$87,370
Median home value	$285,200	$240,300
Median gross rent	$1,121	$865
Housing units	737	726
Homeownership rate	72.3%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
Population	1,116 → 1,097 (-1.7%)	1,646 → 1,494 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $86,071 (+46.5%)	$68,646 → $87,370 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $285,200 (+56.3%)	$169,000 → $240,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,121 (+48.3%)	$739 → $865 (+17.1%)

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

Random Lake

Population

1,6461,494

Median household income

$68,646$87,370

Median home value

$169,000$240,300

Median gross rent

$739$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
Under 5	2.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	21.1%	13.3%
75 and over	17.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
No high school diploma	1.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
Drove alone	84.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
1-unit, detached	60.5%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart Lake	Random Lake
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1971	1967