Rice vs Sauk Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Rice and Sauk Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Rice and Sauk Rapids are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sauk Rapids has the higher population (13,851 vs 1,998 in Rice). Rice has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $67,004 in Sauk Rapids). Sauk Rapids has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $237,600 in Rice).

Population, income & housing

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
Population	1,998	13,851
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,482	$67,004
Median home value	$237,600	$240,200
Median gross rent	$1,529	$941
Housing units	697	5,878
Homeownership rate	87.9%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
Population	1,633 → 1,998 (+22.4%)	13,703 → 13,851 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$75,598 → $103,482 (+36.9%)	$52,106 → $67,004 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $237,600 (+41.6%)	$170,000 → $240,200 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,529 (+127.9%)	$746 → $941 (+26.1%)

Rice

Population

1,6331,998

Median household income

$75,598$103,482

Median home value

$167,800$237,600

Median gross rent

$671$1,529

Sauk Rapids

Population

13,70313,851

Median household income

$52,106$67,004

Median home value

$170,000$240,200

Median gross rent

$746$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
Under 5	8.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	21.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.0%
75 and over	1.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
Drove alone	84.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
1-unit, detached	90.5%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Rice	Sauk Rapids
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.87	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2003	1989