Delavan Lake vs Williams Bay

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

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

Williams Bay has the higher population (2,967 vs 2,728 in Delavan Lake). Delavan Lake has the higher median household income ($71,042 vs $70,568 in Williams Bay). Williams Bay has the higher median home value ($397,600 vs $292,100 in Delavan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
Population	2,728	2,967
Median age	49.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$70,568
Median home value	$292,100	$397,600
Median gross rent	$875	$799
Housing units	2,802	2,032
Homeownership rate	86.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
Population	2,558 → 2,728 (+6.6%)	2,604 → 2,967 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$67,788 → $71,042 (+4.8%)	$58,447 → $70,568 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $292,100 (+43.3%)	$276,200 → $397,600 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $875 (-21.3%)	$1,199 → $799 (-33.4%)

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

Williams Bay

Population

2,6042,967

Median household income

$58,447$70,568

Median home value

$276,200$397,600

Median gross rent

$1,199$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
Under 5	4.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.8%
75 and over	13.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
No high school diploma	19.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
Drove alone	76.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	2.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	14.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
1-unit, detached	82.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan Lake	Williams Bay
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1977	1980