Duluth vs Rice Lake

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

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

Duluth has the higher population (86,863 vs 4,120 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $66,263 in Duluth). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $225,700 in Duluth).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Rice Lake
Population	86,863	4,120
Median age	35.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,263	$95,347
Median home value	$225,700	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,037	$1,328
Housing units	39,805	1,825
Homeownership rate	60.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Rice Lake
Population	85,915 → 86,863 (+1.1%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$52,463 → $66,263 (+26.3%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $225,700 (+38.2%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,037 (+26.5%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Duluth

Population

85,91586,863

Median household income

$52,463$66,263

Median home value

$163,300$225,700

Median gross rent

$820$1,037

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)

	Duluth	Rice Lake
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	18.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	15.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	97.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	20.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Rice Lake
Drove alone	71.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.2%
Public transit	3.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.7%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	60.5%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	17.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1951	1974