Is Dellona a good place to live?
Dellona’s best subject grades are a B+ for the outdoors and a B for incomes; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. Only 41 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on hazard risk. The typical home is worth about $378K, 4.8 years of the Baraboo area’s $80K median household income. 11% of the land in Dellona is conserved, above both Wisconsin’s towns (3.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 65 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Hulburt Creek Fishery Area, at 139 acres. Dellona has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Dellona has grown 23% since 2010
1,552 counted in 2010 and 1,901 in 2020; an estimated 1,912 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Dellona grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Dellona is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Dellona: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dellona, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dellona.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Dellona’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Dellona for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Dellona grew to 359 in 2023, 116 more than in 2013. Dellona’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Dellona | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). 21% of residents are 65 or older in Dellona. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Dellona | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.5 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Dellona | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.7% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Dellona
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dellona.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Dellona
Dellona has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 9° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Dellona is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Dellona beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 30% of Dellona adults get no exercise outside work.
| Dellona | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Dellona | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16.2% | 13.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 6.5% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 30.4% | 26.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mirror Lake State Park | 0.5 mi | 76 |
| 2. Hulburt Creek Fishery Area | — | 139 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dells of the Wisconsin River and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dellona. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Canyon & gorgeDells of the Wisconsin River
14 mi Park & preserveIce Age Trail5 mi Theme parkNoah's Ark Water Park
5 mi Theme parkMt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
16 mi State parkDevil's Lake State Park10 mi MuseumMid-Continent Railway MuseumPhoto credits
Dells of the Wisconsin River: atramos, CC BY 2.0 · Ice Age Trail: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Devil's Lake State Park: CrispAir at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Dellona
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Dellona; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Dellona residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
99% of working residents leave Dellona for work
Where Dellona’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Dellona
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Dellona is a town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,901 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Dellwood is located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 899 ft
- Area code
- 608
Dellona’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Dellona.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dellona | — | — | C | — | B− | C+ |
| Excelsior | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Lyndon | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Winfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delton | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
Dellona, Excelsior, Lyndon and Delton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dellona, Excelsior, Lyndon and Delton report no FBI crime data of their own. Winfield isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Dellona with a neighbor →