Baraboo vs Lake Delton

A side-by-side comparison of Baraboo and Lake Delton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baraboo has the higher population (12,506 vs 3,522 in Lake Delton). Baraboo has the higher median household income ($73,515 vs $42,386 in Lake Delton). Baraboo has the higher median home value ($201,800 vs $144,100 in Lake Delton).

Population, income & housing

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
Population	12,506	3,522
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,515	$42,386
Median home value	$201,800	$144,100
Median gross rent	$926	$980
Housing units	6,139	2,679
Homeownership rate	66.4%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
Population	12,138 → 12,506 (+3.0%)	2,989 → 3,522 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$52,109 → $73,515 (+41.1%)	$41,400 → $42,386 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $201,800 (+32.2%)	$108,600 → $144,100 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $926 (+15.6%)	$785 → $980 (+24.8%)

Baraboo

Population

12,13812,506

Median household income

$52,109$73,515

Median home value

$152,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$801$926

Lake Delton

Population

2,9893,522

Median household income

$41,400$42,386

Median home value

$108,600$144,100

Median gross rent

$785$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.1%
75 and over	8.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	79.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
Drove alone	77.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.4%
Other means	1.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
1-unit, detached	58.3%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	23.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Baraboo	Lake Delton
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.13	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1970	1991