Fall River vs Rio

A side-by-side comparison of Fall River and Rio: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall River and Rio are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fall River has the higher population (1,739 vs 1,068 in Rio). Fall River has the higher median household income ($73,229 vs $68,304 in Rio). Fall River has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $174,800 in Rio).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River	Rio
Population	1,739	1,068
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,229	$68,304
Median home value	$229,100	$174,800
Median gross rent	$1,154	$789
Housing units	692	473
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River	Rio
Population	1,861 → 1,739 (-6.6%)	1,048 → 1,068 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$77,991 → $73,229 (-6.1%)	$70,313 → $68,304 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$181,800 → $229,100 (+26.0%)	$136,500 → $174,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,154 (+0.0%)	$691 → $789 (+14.2%)

Fall River

Population

1,8611,739

Median household income

$77,991$73,229

Median home value

$181,800$229,100

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,154

Rio

Population

1,0481,068

Median household income

$70,313$68,304

Median home value

$136,500$174,800

Median gross rent

$691$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall River	Rio
Under 5	6.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	25.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.7%
75 and over	4.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River	Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River	Rio
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	26.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River	Rio
Drove alone	82.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River	Rio
1-unit, detached	51.4%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fall River	Rio
Poverty rate	7.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1994	1970