Hibbing vs Rice Lake

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

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

Hibbing has the higher population (16,100 vs 4,120 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $55,463 in Hibbing). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $123,900 in Hibbing).

Population, income & housing

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
Population	16,100	4,120
Median age	43.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,463	$95,347
Median home value	$123,900	$283,700
Median gross rent	$739	$1,328
Housing units	8,457	1,825
Homeownership rate	74.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
Population	16,014 → 16,100 (+0.5%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,009 → $55,463 (+13.2%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $123,900 (+12.8%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $739 (+41.0%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Hibbing

Population

16,01416,100

Median household income

$49,009$55,463

Median home value

$109,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$524$739

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)

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
Under 5	4.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.6%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
Drove alone	83.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	3.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	76.9%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Hibbing	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1955	1974