Darien vs Lake Ivanhoe

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Lake Ivanhoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Darien has the higher population (1,175 vs 764 in Lake Ivanhoe). Lake Ivanhoe has the higher median household income ($82,963 vs $65,893 in Darien). Darien has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $171,000 in Lake Ivanhoe).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
Population	1,175	764
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$82,963
Median home value	$197,200	$171,000
Median gross rent	$831	$1,050
Housing units	544	236
Homeownership rate	84.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	479 → 764 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$56,250 → $82,963 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$148,300 → $171,000 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	$775 → $1,050 (+35.5%)

Darien

Population

1,7041,175

Median household income

$73,333$65,893

Median home value

$152,100$197,200

Median gross rent

$1,033$831

Lake Ivanhoe

Population

479764

Median household income

$56,250$82,963

Median home value

$148,300$171,000

Median gross rent

$775$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
Under 5	5.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	30.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	22.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	5.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	3.5%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
Drove alone	86.8%	91.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	5.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
1-unit, detached	76.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Lake Ivanhoe
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.35	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1973	1978