Chisholm vs Rice Lake

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

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

Chisholm has the higher population (4,731 vs 4,120 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $54,815 in Chisholm). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
Population	4,731	4,120
Median age	52.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$95,347
Median home value	$108,100	$283,700
Median gross rent	$785	$1,328
Housing units	2,080	1,825
Homeownership rate	73.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Rice Lake

Population

4,1494,120

Median household income

$77,500$95,347

Median home value

$209,500$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
Under 5	2.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	19.0%	15.6%
75 and over	11.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
Drove alone	82.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	85.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1948	1974