Rice Lake vs Virginia

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

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

Virginia has the higher population (8,362 vs 4,120 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($95,347 vs $48,321 in Virginia). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $117,500 in Virginia).

Population, income & housing

	Rice Lake	Virginia
Population	4,120	8,362
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,347	$48,321
Median home value	$283,700	$117,500
Median gross rent	$1,328	$789
Housing units	1,825	4,885
Homeownership rate	90.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice Lake	Virginia
Population	4,149 → 4,120 (-0.7%)	8,484 → 8,362 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $95,347 (+23.0%)	$37,161 → $48,321 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$209,500 → $283,700 (+35.4%)	$92,200 → $117,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,328 (+18.0%)	$626 → $789 (+26.0%)

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

Virginia

Population

8,4848,362

Median household income

$37,161$48,321

Median home value

$92,200$117,500

Median gross rent

$626$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice Lake	Virginia
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.4%
75 and over	8.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice Lake	Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.5%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice Lake	Virginia
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice Lake	Virginia
Drove alone	81.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	3.5%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice Lake	Virginia
1-unit, detached	92.2%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Rice Lake	Virginia
Poverty rate	6.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.39	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1974	1952