Rice Lake vs Turtle Lake

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

Rice Lake and Turtle 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 900 in Turtle Lake). Turtle Lake has the higher median household income ($57,854 vs $55,040 in Rice Lake). Rice Lake has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $143,100 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
Population	9,030	900
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,040	$57,854
Median home value	$178,100	$143,100
Median gross rent	$834	$794
Housing units	4,173	507
Homeownership rate	55.4%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
Population	8,367 → 9,030 (+7.9%)	947 → 900 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$44,515 → $55,040 (+23.6%)	$29,833 → $57,854 (+93.9%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $178,100 (+36.8%)	$89,300 → $143,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $834 (+17.1%)	$643 → $794 (+23.5%)

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

Turtle Lake

Population

947900

Median household income

$29,833$57,854

Median home value

$89,300$143,100

Median gross rent

$643$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.4%
75 and over	11.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	84.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	58.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	9.2%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Rice Lake	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.21	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1974	1974