Lake Ripley vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (2,042 vs 1,972 in Lake Ripley). Lake Ripley has the higher median household income ($115,516 vs $80,709 in Palmyra). Lake Ripley has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $194,200 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
Population	1,972	2,042
Median age	51.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,516	$80,709
Median home value	$351,300	$194,200
Median gross rent	$804	$765
Housing units	977	868
Homeownership rate	85.5%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
Population	1,882 → 1,972 (+4.8%)	1,761 → 2,042 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$98,482 → $115,516 (+17.3%)	$52,426 → $80,709 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$277,600 → $351,300 (+26.5%)	$156,000 → $194,200 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $804 (-23.6%)	$725 → $765 (+5.5%)

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

Palmyra

Population

1,7612,042

Median household income

$52,426$80,709

Median home value

$156,000$194,200

Median gross rent

$725$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	22.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.2%
75 and over	6.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
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	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	23.2%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
Drove alone	72.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.4%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	2.8%
Other means	6.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	84.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	19.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ripley	Palmyra
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1977	1965