Darien vs Lauderdale Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Lauderdale Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lauderdale Lakes has the higher population (1,337 vs 1,175 in Darien). Lauderdale Lakes has the higher median household income ($83,698 vs $65,893 in Darien). Lauderdale Lakes has the higher median home value ($313,800 vs $197,200 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
Population	1,175	1,337
Median age	42.3 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$83,698
Median home value	$197,200	$313,800
Median gross rent	$831	—
Housing units	544	1,269
Homeownership rate	84.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	1,259 → 1,337 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$87,679 → $83,698 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$366,200 → $313,800 (-14.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	$1,577 → $1,641 (+4.1%)

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

Lauderdale Lakes

Population

1,2591,337

Median household income

$87,679$83,698

Median home value

$366,200$313,800

Median gross rent

$1,577$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	24.5%
75 and over	3.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
Drove alone	86.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	21.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
1-unit, detached	76.3%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Lauderdale Lakes
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1973	1977