Delafield vs Elm Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Delafield and Elm Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delafield has the higher population (7,192 vs 6,428 in Elm Grove). Elm Grove has the higher median household income ($133,304 vs $101,482 in Delafield). Delafield has the higher median home value ($504,500 vs $468,000 in Elm Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Delafield	Elm Grove
Population	7,192	6,428
Median age	47.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,482	$133,304
Median home value	$504,500	$468,000
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,788
Housing units	3,435	2,316
Homeownership rate	64.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	67.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delafield	Elm Grove
Population	7,457 → 7,192 (-3.6%)	6,153 → 6,428 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$86,897 → $101,482 (+16.8%)	$106,058 → $133,304 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$387,200 → $504,500 (+30.3%)	$370,500 → $468,000 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,344 (+8.6%)	$950 → $1,788 (+88.2%)

Delafield

Population

7,4577,192

Median household income

$86,897$101,482

Median home value

$387,200$504,500

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,344

Elm Grove

Population

6,1536,428

Median household income

$106,058$133,304

Median home value

$370,500$468,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delafield	Elm Grove
Under 5	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delafield	Elm Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delafield	Elm Grove
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delafield	Elm Grove
Drove alone	75.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	22.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delafield	Elm Grove
1-unit, detached	60.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Delafield	Elm Grove
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1987	1961