Dalton vs Green Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dalton and Green Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Lake has the higher population (1,054 vs 221 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $53,841 in Green Lake). Green Lake has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $124,300 in Dalton).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Green Lake
Population	221	1,054
Median age	35.2 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$53,841
Median home value	$124,300	$211,400
Median gross rent	$930	$719
Housing units	102	828
Homeownership rate	70.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Green Lake
Population	196 → 221 (+12.8%)	833 → 1,054 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $61,667 (+12.6%)	$43,167 → $53,841 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $124,300 (+39.8%)	$168,200 → $211,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $930 (-20.3%)	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)

Dalton

Population

196221

Median household income

$54,750$61,667

Median home value

$88,900$124,300

Median gross rent

$1,167$930

Green Lake

Population

8331,054

Median household income

$43,167$53,841

Median home value

$168,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Green Lake
Under 5	12.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	17.6%
75 and over	4.1%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Green Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Green Lake
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Green Lake
Drove alone	67.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	16.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.3%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Green Lake
1-unit, detached	92.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Green Lake
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.83	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1938	1969