Hales Corners vs River Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Hales Corners and River Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Hales Corners and River Hills are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hales Corners has the higher population (7,627 vs 1,639 in River Hills). River Hills has the higher median household income ($198,750 vs $88,068 in Hales Corners). River Hills has the higher median home value ($670,200 vs $291,100 in Hales Corners).

Population, income & housing

	Hales Corners	River Hills
Population	7,627	1,639
Median age	38.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,068	$198,750
Median home value	$291,100	$670,200
Median gross rent	$1,274	$2,107
Housing units	3,259	627
Homeownership rate	57.9%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	76.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hales Corners	River Hills
Population	7,646 → 7,627 (-0.2%)	1,449 → 1,639 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$77,041 → $88,068 (+14.3%)	$161,719 → $198,750 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$226,000 → $291,100 (+28.8%)	$642,900 → $670,200 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,274 (+12.0%)	$1,333 → $2,107 (+58.1%)

Hales Corners

Population

7,6467,627

Median household income

$77,041$88,068

Median home value

$226,000$291,100

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,274

River Hills

Population

1,4491,639

Median household income

$161,719$198,750

Median home value

$642,900$670,200

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hales Corners	River Hills
Under 5	10.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.6%
75 and over	8.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hales Corners	River Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hales Corners	River Hills
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hales Corners	River Hills
Drove alone	82.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	28.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hales Corners	River Hills
1-unit, detached	56.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hales Corners	River Hills
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1969