Hermantown vs Rice Lake

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

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

Hermantown has the higher population (10,192 vs 4,120 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $92,026 in Hermantown). Hermantown has the higher median home value ($374,000 vs $283,700 in Rice Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
Population	10,192	4,120
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,026	$95,347
Median home value	$374,000	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,328
Housing units	3,878	1,825
Homeownership rate	75.0%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
Population	9,604 → 10,192 (+6.1%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$73,865 → $92,026 (+24.6%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $374,000 (+56.6%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,375 (+25.6%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Hermantown

Population

9,60410,192

Median household income

$73,865$92,026

Median home value

$238,800$374,000

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,375

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)

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.6%
75 and over	7.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	1.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
Drove alone	85.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	74.6%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Hermantown	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1992	1974