Delafield vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (7,470 vs 7,192 in Delafield). Vernon has the higher median household income ($121,401 vs $101,482 in Delafield). Delafield has the higher median home value ($504,500 vs $412,600 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Delafield	Vernon
Population	7,192	7,470
Median age	47.2 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,482	$121,401
Median home value	$504,500	$412,600
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,159
Housing units	3,435	3,128
Homeownership rate	64.8%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delafield	Vernon
Population	7,457 → 7,192 (-3.6%)	7,464 → 7,470 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$86,897 → $101,482 (+16.8%)	$110,208 → $121,401 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$387,200 → $504,500 (+30.3%)	$353,600 → $412,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,344 (+8.6%)	$865 → $1,159 (+34.0%)

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

Vernon

Population

7,4647,470

Median household income

$110,208$121,401

Median home value

$353,600$412,600

Median gross rent

$865$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delafield	Vernon
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	19.1%
75 and over	6.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delafield	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delafield	Vernon
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	15.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delafield	Vernon
Drove alone	75.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delafield	Vernon
1-unit, detached	60.2%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delafield	Vernon
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1987	1978