Delavan vs Minnesota Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Delavan and Minnesota Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Delavan and Minnesota Lake are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minnesota Lake has the higher population (621 vs 174 in Delavan). Delavan has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $62,875 in Minnesota Lake). Minnesota Lake has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $71,500 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
Population	174	621
Median age	45.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$62,875
Median home value	$71,500	$126,600
Median gross rent	$929	$950
Housing units	86	312
Homeownership rate	83.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
Population	238 → 174 (-26.9%)	642 → 621 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $69,583 (+26.5%)	$56,875 → $62,875 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $71,500 (+34.7%)	$105,000 → $126,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $929 (+98.1%)	$608 → $950 (+56.3%)

Delavan

Population

238174

Median household income

$55,000$69,583

Median home value

$53,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$469$929

Minnesota Lake

Population

642621

Median household income

$56,875$62,875

Median home value

$105,000$126,600

Median gross rent

$608$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.1%
75 and over	2.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
Drove alone	80.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
1-unit, detached	95.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Minnesota Lake
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1952	1962