About Delafield

Delafield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 7,882 people and just one neighborhood, Delafield is the 99th largest community in Wisconsin.

Delafield is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Delafield is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delafield who work in management occupations (15.75%), office and administrative support jobs (14.61%), and sales jobs (12.66%).

In addition, Delafield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Delafield is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Delafield's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Delafield is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Delafield isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.96% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Delafield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Delafield Information and Demographics

The citizens of Delafield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 41.78% of adults in Delafield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Delafield in 2000 was $33,592, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,368 for a family of four. However, Delafield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Delafield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Delafield is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Delafield include German, Irish, Polish, English, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Delafield is English.