East Troy vs Lake Geneva

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

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

Lake Geneva has the higher population (8,443 vs 4,689 in East Troy). East Troy has the higher median household income ($77,698 vs $73,199 in Lake Geneva). Lake Geneva has the higher median home value ($323,000 vs $251,500 in East Troy).

Population, income & housing

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
Population	4,689	8,443
Median age	38.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,698	$73,199
Median home value	$251,500	$323,000
Median gross rent	$1,418	$1,250
Housing units	2,266	5,086
Homeownership rate	62.9%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
Population	4,316 → 4,689 (+8.6%)	7,894 → 8,443 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$70,389 → $77,698 (+10.4%)	$51,875 → $73,199 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $251,500 (+31.2%)	$197,300 → $323,000 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,418 (+40.1%)	$1,002 → $1,250 (+24.8%)

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

Lake Geneva

Population

7,8948,443

Median household income

$51,875$73,199

Median home value

$197,300$323,000

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
Under 5	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.4%
75 and over	6.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
Drove alone	79.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	10.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
1-unit, detached	54.2%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	18.0%
20 or more units	21.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Troy	Lake Geneva
Poverty rate	9.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977