Combined Locks vs Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Combined Locks and Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

Combined Locks and Dale are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Combined Locks has the higher population (3,633 vs 680 in Dale). Combined Locks has the higher median household income ($89,310 vs $80,833 in Dale). Combined Locks has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $197,400 in Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Combined Locks	Dale
Population	3,633	680
Median age	44.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,310	$80,833
Median home value	$235,800	$197,400
Median gross rent	$1,081	$775
Housing units	1,488	269
Homeownership rate	87.1%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Combined Locks	Dale
Population	3,577 → 3,633 (+1.6%)	551 → 680 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$71,014 → $89,310 (+25.8%)	$75,139 → $80,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$186,500 → $235,800 (+26.4%)	$161,900 → $197,400 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,081 (+27.0%)	$800 → $775 (-3.1%)

Combined Locks

Population

3,5773,633

Median household income

$71,014$89,310

Median home value

$186,500$235,800

Median gross rent

$851$1,081

Dale

Population

551680

Median household income

$75,139$80,833

Median home value

$161,900$197,400

Median gross rent

$800$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Combined Locks	Dale
Under 5	5.7%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	4.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	27.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Combined Locks	Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Combined Locks	Dale
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Combined Locks	Dale
Drove alone	90.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Combined Locks	Dale
1-unit, detached	85.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Combined Locks	Dale
Poverty rate	1.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1980	1961