Lake Delton vs Sauk City

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

Lake Delton and Sauk City 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 3,500 in Sauk City). Sauk City has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $42,386 in Lake Delton). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $144,100 in Lake Delton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
Population	3,522	3,500
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$82,813
Median home value	$144,100	$269,500
Median gross rent	$980	$1,105
Housing units	2,679	1,537
Homeownership rate	58.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
Population	2,989 → 3,522 (+17.8%)	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$41,400 → $42,386 (+2.4%)	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $144,100 (+32.7%)	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $980 (+24.8%)	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)

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

Sauk City

Population

3,4823,500

Median household income

$64,213$82,813

Median home value

$207,400$269,500

Median gross rent

$724$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
Under 5	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.4%
75 and over	7.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
Drove alone	75.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
1-unit, detached	34.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	6.5%
20 or more units	12.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delton	Sauk City
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.9%
Average household size	1.87	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1991	1974