Chetek vs Rice Lake

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

Chetek 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 2,017 in Chetek). Chetek has the higher median household income ($59,554 vs $55,040 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $156,500 in Chetek).

Population, income & housing

	Chetek	Rice Lake
Population	2,017	9,030
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,554	$55,040
Median home value	$156,500	$178,100
Median gross rent	$921	$834
Housing units	1,083	4,173
Homeownership rate	72.7%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetek	Rice Lake
Population	2,169 → 2,017 (-7.0%)	8,367 → 9,030 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $59,554 (+7.1%)	$44,515 → $55,040 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $156,500 (+34.8%)	$130,200 → $178,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $921 (+29.2%)	$712 → $834 (+17.1%)

Chetek

Population

2,1692,017

Median household income

$55,625$59,554

Median home value

$116,100$156,500

Median gross rent

$713$921

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)

	Chetek	Rice Lake
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.7%
75 and over	12.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetek	Rice Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetek	Rice Lake
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetek	Rice Lake
Drove alone	81.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetek	Rice Lake
1-unit, detached	68.0%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	13.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Chetek	Rice Lake
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1970	1974