Delavan vs Lake Geneva

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

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

Delavan has the higher population (8,531 vs 8,443 in Lake Geneva). Lake Geneva has the higher median household income ($73,199 vs $71,121 in Delavan). Lake Geneva has the higher median home value ($323,000 vs $194,500 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
Population	8,531	8,443
Median age	38.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,121	$73,199
Median home value	$194,500	$323,000
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,250
Housing units	3,980	5,086
Homeownership rate	62.5%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
Population	8,303 → 8,531 (+2.7%)	7,894 → 8,443 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$53,487 → $71,121 (+33.0%)	$51,875 → $73,199 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $194,500 (+34.2%)	$197,300 → $323,000 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,053 (+23.7%)	$1,002 → $1,250 (+24.8%)

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

Lake Geneva

Population

7,8948,443

Median household income

$51,875$73,199

Median home value

$197,300$323,000

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
Under 5	2.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.4%
75 and over	5.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
Drove alone	73.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	15.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.4%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
1-unit, detached	53.3%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	18.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Lake Geneva
Poverty rate	9.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1969	1977