River Falls vs Spring Valley

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

River Falls and Spring Valley 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 1,260 in Spring Valley). River Falls has the higher median household income ($78,078 vs $65,893 in Spring Valley). River Falls has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $191,500 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	River Falls	Spring Valley
Population	16,349	1,260
Median age	27.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,078	$65,893
Median home value	$299,800	$191,500
Median gross rent	$1,050	$869
Housing units	5,877	620
Homeownership rate	58.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Falls	Spring Valley
Population	15,638 → 16,349 (+4.5%)	1,521 → 1,260 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$59,440 → $78,078 (+31.4%)	$54,375 → $65,893 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $299,800 (+52.2%)	$124,100 → $191,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,050 (+17.6%)	$905 → $869 (-4.0%)

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

Spring Valley

Population

1,5211,260

Median household income

$54,375$65,893

Median home value

$124,100$191,500

Median gross rent

$905$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Falls	Spring Valley
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	30.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.7%
75 and over	4.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Falls	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Falls	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	21.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Falls	Spring Valley
Drove alone	71.1%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Falls	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	49.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	12.7%
20 or more units	11.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	River Falls	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	17.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1991	1974