Plum City vs River Falls

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

Plum City 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 582 in Plum City). River Falls has the higher median household income ($78,078 vs $58,750 in Plum City). River Falls has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $164,600 in Plum City).

Population, income & housing

	Plum City	River Falls
Population	582	16,349
Median age	45.6 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$78,078
Median home value	$164,600	$299,800
Median gross rent	$788	$1,050
Housing units	249	5,877
Homeownership rate	68.9%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum City	River Falls
Population	533 → 582 (+9.2%)	15,638 → 16,349 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)	$59,440 → $78,078 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)	$197,000 → $299,800 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)	$893 → $1,050 (+17.6%)

Plum City

Population

533582

Median household income

$48,125$58,750

Median home value

$114,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$652$788

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)

	Plum City	River Falls
Under 5	4.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	30.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.0%
75 and over	15.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum City	River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum City	River Falls
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	52.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum City	River Falls
Drove alone	72.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.5%
Other means	8.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum City	River Falls
1-unit, detached	73.1%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Plum City	River Falls
Poverty rate	8.4%	17.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1955	1991