Rib Mountain vs Wausau

A side-by-side comparison of Rib Mountain and Wausau: population, income, housing, and more.

Rib Mountain and Wausau are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wausau has the higher population (39,893 vs 6,134 in Rib Mountain). Rib Mountain has the higher median household income ($87,054 vs $61,877 in Wausau). Rib Mountain has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $155,900 in Wausau).

Population, income & housing

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
Population	6,134	39,893
Median age	48.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,054	$61,877
Median home value	$237,700	$155,900
Median gross rent	$1,173	$950
Housing units	2,678	18,774
Homeownership rate	83.9%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
Population	6,163 → 6,134 (-0.5%)	38,735 → 39,893 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$69,882 → $87,054 (+24.6%)	$46,824 → $61,877 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$184,100 → $237,700 (+29.1%)	$121,900 → $155,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,173 (+21.1%)	$708 → $950 (+34.2%)

Rib Mountain

Population

6,1636,134

Median household income

$69,882$87,054

Median home value

$184,100$237,700

Median gross rent

$969$1,173

Wausau

Population

38,73539,893

Median household income

$46,824$61,877

Median home value

$121,900$155,900

Median gross rent

$708$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.1%
75 and over	10.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.4%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
Drove alone	67.4%	72.5%
Carpooled	14.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
1-unit, detached	87.6%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Rib Mountain	Wausau
Poverty rate	4.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1979	1961