Delavan Lake vs Walworth

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

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

Walworth has the higher population (2,786 vs 2,728 in Delavan Lake). Delavan Lake has the higher median household income ($71,042 vs $64,125 in Walworth). Delavan Lake has the higher median home value ($292,100 vs $254,400 in Walworth).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
Population	2,728	2,786
Median age	49.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$64,125
Median home value	$292,100	$254,400
Median gross rent	$875	$965
Housing units	2,802	1,068
Homeownership rate	86.5%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
Population	2,558 → 2,728 (+6.6%)	2,824 → 2,786 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$67,788 → $71,042 (+4.8%)	$51,708 → $64,125 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $292,100 (+43.3%)	$172,000 → $254,400 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $875 (-21.3%)	$849 → $965 (+13.7%)

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

Walworth

Population

2,8242,786

Median household income

$51,708$64,125

Median home value

$172,000$254,400

Median gross rent

$849$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.4%
75 and over	13.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	67.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	25.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
No high school diploma	19.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
Drove alone	76.4%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
1-unit, detached	82.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Delavan Lake	Walworth
Poverty rate	8.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1977	1980