Lake Delton vs Plain

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

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

Lake Delton has the higher population (3,522 vs 776 in Plain). Plain has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $42,386 in Lake Delton). Plain has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $144,100 in Lake Delton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delton	Plain
Population	3,522	776
Median age	40.2 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$85,938
Median home value	$144,100	$223,600
Median gross rent	$980	$972
Housing units	2,679	359
Homeownership rate	58.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delton	Plain
Population	2,989 → 3,522 (+17.8%)	755 → 776 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$41,400 → $42,386 (+2.4%)	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $144,100 (+32.7%)	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $980 (+24.8%)	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)

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

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Delton	Plain
Under 5	4.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delton	Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delton	Plain
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delton	Plain
Drove alone	75.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.3%
Other means	2.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delton	Plain
1-unit, detached	34.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	12.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delton	Plain
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.5%
Average household size	1.87	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1991	1957