Ripon vs Rosendale

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

Ripon and Rosendale 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 973 in Rosendale). Rosendale has the higher median household income ($91,844 vs $59,063 in Ripon). Rosendale has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $161,500 in Ripon).

Population, income & housing

	Ripon	Rosendale
Population	7,803	973
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,063	$91,844
Median home value	$161,500	$246,100
Median gross rent	$708	$625
Housing units	3,470	371
Homeownership rate	63.4%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ripon	Rosendale
Population	7,781 → 7,803 (+0.3%)	1,052 → 973 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$51,686 → $59,063 (+14.3%)	$63,750 → $91,844 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $161,500 (+31.5%)	$157,600 → $246,100 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $708 (-0.3%)	$587 → $625 (+6.5%)

Ripon

Population

7,7817,803

Median household income

$51,686$59,063

Median home value

$122,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$710$708

Rosendale

Population

1,052973

Median household income

$63,750$91,844

Median home value

$157,600$246,100

Median gross rent

$587$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ripon	Rosendale
Under 5	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ripon	Rosendale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ripon	Rosendale
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ripon	Rosendale
Drove alone	72.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.8%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ripon	Rosendale
1-unit, detached	63.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ripon	Rosendale
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1966	1988