Bagley vs Rice Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bagley and Rice Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bagley has the higher population (1,218 vs 232 in Rice Lake). Bagley has the higher median household income ($53,417 vs $41,625 in Rice Lake). Bagley has the higher median home value ($135,100 vs $21,500 in Rice Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bagley	Rice Lake
Population	1,218	232
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,417	$41,625
Median home value	$135,100	$21,500
Median gross rent	$717	$575
Housing units	618	90
Homeownership rate	59.6%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	15.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagley	Rice Lake
Population	1,398 → 1,218 (-12.9%)	284 → 232 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$38,846 → $53,417 (+37.5%)	$33,250 → $41,625 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $135,100 (+44.5%)	$70,000 → $21,500 (-69.3%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $717 (+6.7%)	$400 → $575 (+43.8%)

Bagley

Population

1,3981,218

Median household income

$38,846$53,417

Median home value

$93,500$135,100

Median gross rent

$672$717

Rice Lake

Population

284232

Median household income

$33,250$41,625

Median home value

$70,000$21,500

Median gross rent

$400$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagley	Rice Lake
Under 5	2.8%	12.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	17.7%
75 and over	15.1%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagley	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	11.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.8%	77.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagley	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	13.1%	14.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagley	Rice Lake
Drove alone	84.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	18.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagley	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	66.0%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Bagley	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	15.5%	40.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1966	1989