Barron vs Rice Lake

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

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

Rice Lake has the higher population (9,030 vs 3,689 in Barron). Rice Lake has the higher median household income ($55,040 vs $49,715 in Barron). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $119,500 in Barron).

Population, income & housing

	Barron	Rice Lake
Population	3,689	9,030
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,715	$55,040
Median home value	$119,500	$178,100
Median gross rent	$927	$834
Housing units	1,597	4,173
Homeownership rate	72.1%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barron	Rice Lake
Population	3,317 → 3,689 (+11.2%)	8,367 → 9,030 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $49,715 (+26.3%)	$44,515 → $55,040 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$130,200 → $178,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $927 (+80.0%)	$712 → $834 (+17.1%)

Barron

Population

3,3173,689

Median household income

$39,375$49,715

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$515$927

Rice Lake

Population

8,3679,030

Median household income

$44,515$55,040

Median home value

$130,200$178,100

Median gross rent

$712$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barron	Rice Lake
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.7%
75 and over	14.7%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barron	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	8.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barron	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	16.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barron	Rice Lake
Drove alone	52.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	38.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barron	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	66.4%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	13.6%
20 or more units	2.1%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Barron	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1966	1974