Howards Grove vs Random Lake

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

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

Howards Grove has the higher population (3,245 vs 1,494 in Random Lake). Random Lake has the higher median household income ($87,370 vs $72,348 in Howards Grove). Howards Grove has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $240,300 in Random Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
Population	3,245	1,494
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,348	$87,370
Median home value	$249,200	$240,300
Median gross rent	$701	$865
Housing units	1,629	726
Homeownership rate	77.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
Population	3,254 → 3,245 (-0.3%)	1,646 → 1,494 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $72,348 (-11.7%)	$68,646 → $87,370 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $249,200 (+34.5%)	$169,000 → $240,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $701 (-1.1%)	$739 → $865 (+17.1%)

Howards Grove

Population

3,2543,245

Median household income

$81,895$72,348

Median home value

$185,300$249,200

Median gross rent

$709$701

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)

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.3%
75 and over	8.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
Drove alone	83.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
1-unit, detached	74.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Howards Grove	Random Lake
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1984	1967