Dellwood vs Lake Sherwood

A side-by-side comparison of Dellwood and Lake Sherwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dellwood has the higher population (572 vs 382 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $38,625 in Dellwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $160,400 in Dellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
Population	572	382
Median age	65.9 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,625	$88,073
Median home value	$160,400	$279,900
Housing units	1,026	533
Homeownership rate	93.8%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
Population	525 → 572 (+9.0%)	361 → 382 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $38,625 (+18.8%)	$61,641 → $88,073 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $160,400 (+106.4%)	$237,100 → $279,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $663 (-27.5%)	—

Dellwood

Population

525572

Median household income

$32,500$38,625

Median home value

$77,700$160,400

Median gross rent

$915$663

Lake Sherwood

Population

361382

Median household income

$61,641$88,073

Median home value

$237,100$279,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	2.1%
35 to 44	2.6%	2.9%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	38.2%
65 to 74	26.2%	28.3%
75 and over	25.7%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	26.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	86.6%	56.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	43.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	66.9%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dellwood	Lake Sherwood
Poverty rate	15.4%	2.9%
Average household size	1.78	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1977	1980