Rio vs Wisconsin Dells

A side-by-side comparison of Rio and Wisconsin Dells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wisconsin Dells has the higher population (2,763 vs 1,068 in Rio). Rio has the higher median household income ($68,304 vs $66,846 in Wisconsin Dells). Wisconsin Dells has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $174,800 in Rio).

Population, income & housing

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
Population	1,068	2,763
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,304	$66,846
Median home value	$174,800	$203,300
Median gross rent	$789	$886
Housing units	473	1,517
Homeownership rate	66.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
Population	1,048 → 1,068 (+1.9%)	2,841 → 2,763 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$70,313 → $68,304 (-2.9%)	$51,554 → $66,846 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $174,800 (+28.1%)	$161,400 → $203,300 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $789 (+14.2%)	$833 → $886 (+6.4%)

Rio

Population

1,0481,068

Median household income

$70,313$68,304

Median home value

$136,500$174,800

Median gross rent

$691$789

Wisconsin Dells

Population

2,8412,763

Median household income

$51,554$66,846

Median home value

$161,400$203,300

Median gross rent

$833$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
Under 5	1.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	15.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.7%
75 and over	7.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
Drove alone	83.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	2.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
1-unit, detached	74.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	14.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Rio	Wisconsin Dells
Poverty rate	20.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1970	1970