East Troy vs Williams Bay

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

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

East Troy has the higher population (4,689 vs 2,967 in Williams Bay). East Troy has the higher median household income ($77,698 vs $70,568 in Williams Bay). Williams Bay has the higher median home value ($397,600 vs $251,500 in East Troy).

Population, income & housing

	East Troy	Williams Bay
Population	4,689	2,967
Median age	38.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,698	$70,568
Median home value	$251,500	$397,600
Median gross rent	$1,418	$799
Housing units	2,266	2,032
Homeownership rate	62.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Troy	Williams Bay
Population	4,316 → 4,689 (+8.6%)	2,604 → 2,967 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$70,389 → $77,698 (+10.4%)	$58,447 → $70,568 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $251,500 (+31.2%)	$276,200 → $397,600 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,418 (+40.1%)	$1,199 → $799 (-33.4%)

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

Williams Bay

Population

2,6042,967

Median household income

$58,447$70,568

Median home value

$276,200$397,600

Median gross rent

$1,199$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Troy	Williams Bay
Under 5	4.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.8%
75 and over	6.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Troy	Williams Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Troy	Williams Bay
No high school diploma	6.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Troy	Williams Bay
Drove alone	79.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	3.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	14.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Troy	Williams Bay
1-unit, detached	54.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	21.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Troy	Williams Bay
Poverty rate	9.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1987	1980