Delavan Lake vs East Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Delavan Lake and East Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Troy has the higher population (4,689 vs 2,728 in Delavan Lake). East Troy has the higher median household income ($77,698 vs $71,042 in Delavan Lake). Delavan Lake has the higher median home value ($292,100 vs $251,500 in East Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
Population	2,728	4,689
Median age	49.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$77,698
Median home value	$292,100	$251,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,418
Housing units	2,802	2,266
Homeownership rate	86.5%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
Population	2,558 → 2,728 (+6.6%)	4,316 → 4,689 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$67,788 → $71,042 (+4.8%)	$70,389 → $77,698 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $292,100 (+43.3%)	$191,700 → $251,500 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $875 (-21.3%)	$1,012 → $1,418 (+40.1%)

Delavan Lake

Population

2,5582,728

Median household income

$67,788$71,042

Median home value

$203,800$292,100

Median gross rent

$1,112$875

East Troy

Population

4,3164,689

Median household income

$70,389$77,698

Median home value

$191,700$251,500

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	18.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.4%
75 and over	13.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
No high school diploma	19.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
Drove alone	76.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.2%
Other means	3.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
1-unit, detached	82.5%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Delavan Lake	East Troy
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1987