Proctor vs Rice Lake

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

Proctor 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 3,102 in Proctor). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $80,913 in Proctor). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $219,500 in Proctor).

Population, income & housing

	Proctor	Rice Lake
Population	3,102	4,120
Median age	41.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,913	$95,347
Median home value	$219,500	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,040	$1,328
Housing units	1,311	1,825
Homeownership rate	72.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Proctor	Rice Lake
Population	3,040 → 3,102 (+2.0%)	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$57,794 → $80,913 (+40.0%)	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $219,500 (+49.3%)	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $1,040 (+59.3%)	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)

Proctor

Population

3,0403,102

Median household income

$57,794$80,913

Median home value

$147,000$219,500

Median gross rent

$653$1,040

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)

	Proctor	Rice Lake
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	15.6%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Proctor	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Proctor	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.3%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Proctor	Rice Lake
Drove alone	84.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Proctor	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	74.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Proctor	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1969	1974