Helenville vs Lake Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Helenville and Lake Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Ripley has the higher population (1,972 vs 119 in Helenville). Helenville has the higher median household income ($120,486 vs $115,516 in Lake Ripley). Lake Ripley has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $327,800 in Helenville).

Population, income & housing

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
Population	119	1,972
Median age	42.2 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,486	$115,516
Median home value	$327,800	$351,300
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	55	977
Homeownership rate	81.8%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
Population	321 → 119 (-62.9%)	1,882 → 1,972 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $120,486 (+19.7%)	$98,482 → $115,516 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $327,800 (+88.0%)	$277,600 → $351,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,053 → $804 (-23.6%)

Helenville

Population

321119

Median household income

$100,625$120,486

Median home value

$174,400$327,800

Lake Ripley

Population

1,8821,972

Median household income

$98,482$115,516

Median home value

$277,600$351,300

Median gross rent

$1,053$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	2.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	37.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	2.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	24.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.8%
75 and over	3.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	19.0%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	68.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
Drove alone	96.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
1-unit, detached	49.1%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	41.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Helenville	Lake Ripley
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1938	1977