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Lake Delton gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $337K, 4.2 years of the Baraboo area’s $80K median household income. It grades B− overall, 230th among Wisconsin's 357 graded towns. Lake Delton’s property offense rate is 91.7 per 1,000 residents, against 8.8 in Wisconsin’s towns and 13.1 across U.S. towns. On history, just 40 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Kaminsky Park, at 23 acres.
Where Lake Delton beats most towns.
2,914 counted in 2010 and 3,501 in 2020; an estimated 3,451 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Lake Delton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 714 in 1960, 3,501 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1928 and 3 maps from 1901 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Delton, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Delton.
Lake Delton draws workers from Baraboo and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Count the trails in 7 parks and preserves and they come to 12 miles. For Lake Delton, the trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 7, covering 52 acres.
| Lake Delton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilderland Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 2. Kaminsky Park | 0.1 mi | 23 |
| 3. Captain Bob's Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Wisconsin Dells School District runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Lake Delton’s public school: 203 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Delton ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 203 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
5,253 jobs are based in Lake Delton, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Jobs based in Lake Delton grew to 5,253 in 2023, 1,131 more than in 2013. 28% of working residents work locally locally. The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (13%), Madison (9%) and Baraboo (5%). The middle household income here is $52,000.
| Lake Delton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 28% | 8.2% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $88,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Wisconsin Dells weather station records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 76% of Wisconsin places with climate records. The Wisconsin Dells weather station records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 84% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
Lake Delton’s midsummer high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Lake Delton comes to 39 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 58% come from inland flooding and 14% from tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Lake Delton households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Lake Delton's reported crime rate is well above Wisconsin's. 23 violent crimes were reported in 2023.
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Against the 6,450 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Delton’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Lake Delton: just over a third of adults sleep under 7 hours. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Lake Delton is ahead of Wisconsin on 1 and behind on 6. In Lake Delton, 31% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 75% had a checkup this year.
| Lake Delton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 7.1% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Lake Delton | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.9% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At about $337K, home values are up 11% in five years, against a rise of 31% across Wisconsin. The median property tax bill is $1,583, against $3,792 across Wisconsin, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Lake Delton typically sold within 52 days of listing. Zillow values the typical Lake Delton home at about $337,000, up 1.2% in a year, close to the Wisconsin typical home. The share of households in Lake Delton who own their home: 58%.
| Lake Delton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,006 a month | $1,080 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Delton. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Canyon & gorgeDells of the Wisconsin Riverin town Theme parkNoah's Ark Water Park
11 mi Park & preserveIce Age Trail
in town Theme parkMt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
13 mi State parkDevil's Lake State Park
9 mi MuseumCircus World MuseumDells 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 · Circus World Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2
None within 15 miles of Lake Delton; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Lake Delton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
Where Lake Delton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Lake Delton is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,501 at the 2020 census. Located on the Wisconsin River and Lake Delton reservoir, the village forms a resort area and tourism destination along with nearby Wisconsin Dells. Lake Delton is included in the Baraboo micropolitan area about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of the state capital, Madison.
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2 towns share a border with Lake Delton.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Delton | #230 | B− | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Delton | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Wisconsin Dells | #281 | C+ | B | — | B− | B |
Delton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Delton, Delton and Wisconsin Dells report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Delton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lake Delton grades B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #230 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
