Cameron vs Rice Lake

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

Cameron 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 1,763 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median household income ($59,444 vs $55,040 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $177,100 in Cameron).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Rice Lake
Population	1,763	9,030
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,444	$55,040
Median home value	$177,100	$178,100
Median gross rent	$998	$834
Housing units	800	4,173
Homeownership rate	57.6%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Rice Lake
Population	1,965 → 1,763 (-10.3%)	8,367 → 9,030 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$50,167 → $59,444 (+18.5%)	$44,515 → $55,040 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $177,100 (+49.1%)	$130,200 → $178,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $998 (+23.5%)	$712 → $834 (+17.1%)

Cameron

Population

1,9651,763

Median household income

$50,167$59,444

Median home value

$118,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$808$998

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)

	Cameron	Rice Lake
Under 5	8.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Rice Lake
Drove alone	76.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.6%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	64.4%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1978	1974