Elmwood vs River Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood and River Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

River Falls has the higher population (16,349 vs 699 in Elmwood). River Falls has the higher median household income ($78,078 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). River Falls has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $165,000 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	River Falls
Population	699	16,349
Median age	56.0 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$78,078
Median home value	$165,000	$299,800
Median gross rent	$804	$1,050
Housing units	345	5,877
Homeownership rate	68.6%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	River Falls
Population	707 → 699 (-1.1%)	15,638 → 16,349 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)	$59,440 → $78,078 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)	$197,000 → $299,800 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)	$893 → $1,050 (+17.6%)

Elmwood

Population

707699

Median household income

$50,083$55,313

Median home value

$122,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$660$804

River Falls

Population

15,63816,349

Median household income

$59,440$78,078

Median home value

$197,000$299,800

Median gross rent

$893$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	River Falls
Under 5	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	30.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	7.0%
75 and over	14.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	River Falls
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	41.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	River Falls
Drove alone	79.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	River Falls
1-unit, detached	70.7%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	12.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	River Falls
Poverty rate	17.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1971	1991