Oakfield vs Ripon

A side-by-side comparison of Oakfield and Ripon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ripon has the higher population (7,803 vs 1,219 in Oakfield). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $59,063 in Ripon). Oakfield has the higher median home value ($229,700 vs $161,500 in Ripon).

Population, income & housing

	Oakfield	Ripon
Population	1,219	7,803
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$59,063
Median home value	$229,700	$161,500
Median gross rent	$916	$708
Housing units	525	3,470
Homeownership rate	79.8%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakfield	Ripon
Population	1,024 → 1,219 (+19.0%)	7,781 → 7,803 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $100,417 (+46.1%)	$51,686 → $59,063 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$163,100 → $229,700 (+40.8%)	$122,800 → $161,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $916 (+27.2%)	$710 → $708 (-0.3%)

Oakfield

Population

1,0241,219

Median household income

$68,750$100,417

Median home value

$163,100$229,700

Median gross rent

$720$916

Ripon

Population

7,7817,803

Median household income

$51,686$59,063

Median home value

$122,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$710$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakfield	Ripon
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	14.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.7%
75 and over	12.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakfield	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakfield	Ripon
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	41.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakfield	Ripon
Drove alone	83.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakfield	Ripon
1-unit, detached	87.0%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Oakfield	Ripon
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1960	1966