Delavan Lake vs Genoa City

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

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

Genoa City has the higher population (2,967 vs 2,728 in Delavan Lake). Genoa City has the higher median household income ($88,958 vs $71,042 in Delavan Lake). Delavan Lake has the higher median home value ($292,100 vs $230,900 in Genoa City).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
Population	2,728	2,967
Median age	49.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$88,958
Median home value	$292,100	$230,900
Median gross rent	$875	$1,128
Housing units	2,802	1,184
Homeownership rate	86.5%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
Population	2,558 → 2,728 (+6.6%)	2,995 → 2,967 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$67,788 → $71,042 (+4.8%)	$67,600 → $88,958 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $292,100 (+43.3%)	$160,700 → $230,900 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $875 (-21.3%)	$1,063 → $1,128 (+6.1%)

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

Genoa City

Population

2,9952,967

Median household income

$67,600$88,958

Median home value

$160,700$230,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
Under 5	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.5%
75 and over	13.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
No high school diploma	19.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
Drove alone	76.4%	87.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
1-unit, detached	82.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan Lake	Genoa City
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1977	1992