Rice Lake vs South End

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

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

Rice Lake has the higher population (232 vs 40 in South End). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($41,625 vs $28,750 in South End).

Population, income & housing

	Rice Lake	South End
Population	232	40
Median age	33.8 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,625	$28,750
Median home value	$21,500	—
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	90	14
Homeownership rate	58.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice Lake	South End
Population	284 → 232 (-18.3%)	49 → 40 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $41,625 (+25.2%)	$36,042 → $28,750 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $21,500 (-69.3%)	$43,800 → $44,200 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $575 (+43.8%)	—

Rice Lake

Population

284232

Median household income

$33,250$41,625

Median home value

$70,000$21,500

Median gross rent

$400$575

South End

Population

4940

Median household income

$36,042$28,750

Median home value

$43,800$44,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice Lake	South End
Under 5	12.5%	17.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	22.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	2.5%
45 to 54	3.4%	27.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	2.5%
75 and over	1.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice Lake	South End
White (non-Hispanic)	11.2%	7.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	77.2%	77.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice Lake	South End
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	52.2%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice Lake	South End
Drove alone	67.3%	50.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice Lake	South End
1-unit, detached	82.2%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Rice Lake	South End
Poverty rate	40.5%	42.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1989	1983