Lake Ripley vs Rome

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

Lake Ripley and Rome 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 609 in Rome). Lake Ripley has the higher median household income ($115,516 vs $88,281 in Rome). Lake Ripley has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $290,000 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ripley	Rome
Population	1,972	609
Median age	51.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,516	$88,281
Median home value	$351,300	$290,000
Median gross rent	$804	$1,033
Housing units	977	260
Homeownership rate	85.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ripley	Rome
Population	1,882 → 1,972 (+4.8%)	711 → 609 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$98,482 → $115,516 (+17.3%)	$71,198 → $88,281 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$277,600 → $351,300 (+26.5%)	$195,500 → $290,000 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $804 (-23.6%)	$950 → $1,033 (+8.7%)

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

Rome

Population

711609

Median household income

$71,198$88,281

Median home value

$195,500$290,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Ripley	Rome
Under 5	5.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	20.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.2%
75 and over	6.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ripley	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.6%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ripley	Rome
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ripley	Rome
Drove alone	72.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	2.8%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ripley	Rome
1-unit, detached	84.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ripley	Rome
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1977	1973