Eveleth vs Rice Lake

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

Eveleth and Rice Lake 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 (4,120 vs 3,470 in Eveleth). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
Population	3,470	4,120
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,721	$95,347
Median home value	$91,800	$283,700
Median gross rent	$839	$1,328
Housing units	2,048	1,825
Homeownership rate	68.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
Population	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

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)

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.6%
75 and over	7.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	5.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
Drove alone	83.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	66.1%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Eveleth	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	19.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.02	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1941	1974