Lake Ripley vs Waterloo

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

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

Waterloo has the higher population (3,542 vs 1,972 in Lake Ripley). Lake Ripley has the higher median household income ($115,516 vs $78,103 in Waterloo). Lake Ripley has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $219,100 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
Population	1,972	3,542
Median age	51.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,516	$78,103
Median home value	$351,300	$219,100
Median gross rent	$804	$974
Housing units	977	1,620
Homeownership rate	85.5%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
Population	1,882 → 1,972 (+4.8%)	3,337 → 3,542 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$98,482 → $115,516 (+17.3%)	$75,438 → $78,103 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$277,600 → $351,300 (+26.5%)	$161,500 → $219,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $804 (-23.6%)	$753 → $974 (+29.3%)

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

Waterloo

Population

3,3373,542

Median household income

$75,438$78,103

Median home value

$161,500$219,100

Median gross rent

$753$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	78.7%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	23.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
Drove alone	72.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.1%	14.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	84.1%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ripley	Waterloo
Poverty rate	13.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1977	1965