Delavan vs Elkhorn

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

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

Elkhorn has the higher population (10,259 vs 8,531 in Delavan). Elkhorn has the higher median household income ($73,052 vs $71,121 in Delavan). Elkhorn has the higher median home value ($255,300 vs $194,500 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Elkhorn
Population	8,531	10,259
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,121	$73,052
Median home value	$194,500	$255,300
Median gross rent	$1,053	$999
Housing units	3,980	4,241
Homeownership rate	62.5%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Elkhorn
Population	8,303 → 8,531 (+2.7%)	9,925 → 10,259 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$53,487 → $71,121 (+33.0%)	$54,475 → $73,052 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $194,500 (+34.2%)	$176,700 → $255,300 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,053 (+23.7%)	$834 → $999 (+19.8%)

Delavan

Population

8,3038,531

Median household income

$53,487$71,121

Median home value

$144,900$194,500

Median gross rent

$851$1,053

Elkhorn

Population

9,92510,259

Median household income

$54,475$73,052

Median home value

$176,700$255,300

Median gross rent

$834$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Elkhorn
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.8%
75 and over	5.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Elkhorn
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Elkhorn
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Elkhorn
Drove alone	73.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	15.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Elkhorn
1-unit, detached	53.3%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	22.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Elkhorn
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1969	1987