Oostburg vs Random Lake

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

Oostburg and Random Lake 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 1,494 in Random Lake). Random Lake has the higher median household income ($87,370 vs $87,276 in Oostburg). Random Lake has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $230,400 in Oostburg).

Population, income & housing

	Oostburg	Random Lake
Population	3,077	1,494
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,276	$87,370
Median home value	$230,400	$240,300
Median gross rent	$931	$865
Housing units	1,253	726
Homeownership rate	84.5%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oostburg	Random Lake
Population	2,990 → 3,077 (+2.9%)	1,646 → 1,494 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $87,276 (+42.5%)	$68,646 → $87,370 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $230,400 (+50.3%)	$169,000 → $240,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $931 (+25.0%)	$739 → $865 (+17.1%)

Oostburg

Population

2,9903,077

Median household income

$61,250$87,276

Median home value

$153,300$230,400

Median gross rent

$745$931

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)

	Oostburg	Random Lake
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.3%
75 and over	9.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oostburg	Random Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oostburg	Random Lake
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oostburg	Random Lake
Drove alone	81.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oostburg	Random Lake
1-unit, detached	66.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oostburg	Random Lake
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1981	1967