Delafield vs Waukesha

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

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

Waukesha has the higher population (8,479 vs 7,192 in Delafield). Waukesha has the higher median household income ($126,286 vs $101,482 in Delafield). Delafield has the higher median home value ($504,500 vs $375,700 in Waukesha).

Population, income & housing

	Delafield	Waukesha
Population	7,192	8,479
Median age	47.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,482	$126,286
Median home value	$504,500	$375,700
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,167
Housing units	3,435	3,263
Homeownership rate	64.8%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delafield	Waukesha
Population	7,457 → 7,192 (-3.6%)	8,455 → 8,479 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$86,897 → $101,482 (+16.8%)	$119,685 → $126,286 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$387,200 → $504,500 (+30.3%)	$327,800 → $375,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,344 (+8.6%)	$991 → $1,167 (+17.8%)

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

Waukesha

Population

8,4558,479

Median household income

$119,685$126,286

Median home value

$327,800$375,700

Median gross rent

$991$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delafield	Waukesha
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	20.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delafield	Waukesha
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delafield	Waukesha
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	15.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delafield	Waukesha
Drove alone	75.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	16.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delafield	Waukesha
1-unit, detached	60.2%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delafield	Waukesha
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1987	1977