East Troy vs Elkhorn

A side-by-side comparison of East Troy and Elkhorn: population, income, housing, and more.

East Troy and Elkhorn are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkhorn has the higher population (10,259 vs 4,689 in East Troy). East Troy has the higher median household income ($77,698 vs $73,052 in Elkhorn). Elkhorn has the higher median home value ($255,300 vs $251,500 in East Troy).

Population, income & housing

	East Troy	Elkhorn
Population	4,689	10,259
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,698	$73,052
Median home value	$251,500	$255,300
Median gross rent	$1,418	$999
Housing units	2,266	4,241
Homeownership rate	62.9%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Troy	Elkhorn
Population	4,316 → 4,689 (+8.6%)	9,925 → 10,259 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$70,389 → $77,698 (+10.4%)	$54,475 → $73,052 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $251,500 (+31.2%)	$176,700 → $255,300 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,418 (+40.1%)	$834 → $999 (+19.8%)

East Troy

Population

4,3164,689

Median household income

$70,389$77,698

Median home value

$191,700$251,500

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,418

Elkhorn

Population

9,92510,259

Median household income

$54,475$73,052

Median home value

$176,700$255,300

Median gross rent

$834$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Troy	Elkhorn
Under 5	4.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.8%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Troy	Elkhorn
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Troy	Elkhorn
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Troy	Elkhorn
Drove alone	79.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Troy	Elkhorn
1-unit, detached	54.2%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	22.6%
20 or more units	21.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	East Troy	Elkhorn
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1987	1987