Delavan is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 9,055 people and four associated neighborhoods, Delavan is the 109th largest community in Wisconsin.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.18% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Delavan spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.22 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

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

The citizens of Delavan are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.95% of adults in Delavan having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Delavan in 2022 was $36,221, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,884 for a family of four. However, Delavan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Delavan is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Delavan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Delavan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Delavan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.79% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Delavan include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Delavan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.