Lake Delton vs Reedsburg

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

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

Reedsburg has the higher population (10,060 vs 3,522 in Lake Delton). Reedsburg has the higher median household income ($71,991 vs $42,386 in Lake Delton). Reedsburg has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $144,100 in Lake Delton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
Population	3,522	10,060
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$71,991
Median home value	$144,100	$218,300
Median gross rent	$980	$944
Housing units	2,679	4,047
Homeownership rate	58.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
Population	2,989 → 3,522 (+17.8%)	9,508 → 10,060 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,400 → $42,386 (+2.4%)	$54,441 → $71,991 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $144,100 (+32.7%)	$141,800 → $218,300 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $980 (+24.8%)	$753 → $944 (+25.4%)

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

Reedsburg

Population

9,50810,060

Median household income

$54,441$71,991

Median home value

$141,800$218,300

Median gross rent

$753$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
Under 5	4.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.1%
75 and over	7.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	3.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	39.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
Drove alone	75.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.8%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
1-unit, detached	34.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	12.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delton	Reedsburg
Poverty rate	9.5%	11.3%
Average household size	1.87	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1991	1992