Elkhorn vs Lake Geneva

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

Elkhorn and Lake Geneva 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 8,443 in Lake Geneva). Lake Geneva has the higher median household income ($73,199 vs $73,052 in Elkhorn). Lake Geneva has the higher median home value ($323,000 vs $255,300 in Elkhorn).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
Population	10,259	8,443
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,052	$73,199
Median home value	$255,300	$323,000
Median gross rent	$999	$1,250
Housing units	4,241	5,086
Homeownership rate	56.1%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
Population	9,925 → 10,259 (+3.4%)	7,894 → 8,443 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$54,475 → $73,052 (+34.1%)	$51,875 → $73,199 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$176,700 → $255,300 (+44.5%)	$197,300 → $323,000 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $999 (+19.8%)	$1,002 → $1,250 (+24.8%)

Elkhorn

Population

9,92510,259

Median household income

$54,475$73,052

Median home value

$176,700$255,300

Median gross rent

$834$999

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)

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
Under 5	3.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.4%
75 and over	7.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
Drove alone	77.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
1-unit, detached	48.5%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	18.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhorn	Lake Geneva
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977