Lake Ripley vs Sullivan

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

Lake Ripley and Sullivan 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 711 in Sullivan). Lake Ripley has the higher median household income ($115,516 vs $82,500 in Sullivan). Lake Ripley has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $244,500 in Sullivan).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
Population	1,972	711
Median age	51.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,516	$82,500
Median home value	$351,300	$244,500
Median gross rent	$804	$1,055
Housing units	977	276
Homeownership rate	85.5%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
Population	1,882 → 1,972 (+4.8%)	686 → 711 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$98,482 → $115,516 (+17.3%)	$59,375 → $82,500 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$277,600 → $351,300 (+26.5%)	$183,300 → $244,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $804 (-23.6%)	$857 → $1,055 (+23.1%)

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

Sullivan

Population

686711

Median household income

$59,375$82,500

Median home value

$183,300$244,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.3%
75 and over	6.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
Drove alone	72.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	15.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	84.1%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	18.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ripley	Sullivan
Poverty rate	13.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976