Delavan vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (15,705 vs 8,531 in Delavan). Delavan has the higher median household income ($71,121 vs $49,000 in Whitewater). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($211,800 vs $194,500 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Whitewater
Population	8,531	15,705
Median age	38.6 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,121	$49,000
Median home value	$194,500	$211,800
Median gross rent	$1,053	$985
Housing units	3,980	5,924
Homeownership rate	62.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Whitewater
Population	8,303 → 8,531 (+2.7%)	14,722 → 15,705 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$53,487 → $71,121 (+33.0%)	$36,176 → $49,000 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $194,500 (+34.2%)	$168,700 → $211,800 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,053 (+23.7%)	$774 → $985 (+27.3%)

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

Whitewater

Population

14,72215,705

Median household income

$36,176$49,000

Median home value

$168,700$211,800

Median gross rent

$774$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Whitewater
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	49.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	3.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Whitewater
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Whitewater
Drove alone	73.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.9%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	53.3%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	22.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Whitewater
Poverty rate	9.6%	29.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1969	1981