Lone Rock vs Richland Center

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Rock and Richland Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Lone Rock and Richland Center are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richland Center has the higher population (5,030 vs 821 in Lone Rock). Lone Rock has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $51,472 in Richland Center). Richland Center has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $111,400 in Lone Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
Population	821	5,030
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$51,472
Median home value	$111,400	$137,700
Median gross rent	$799	$681
Housing units	386	2,683
Homeownership rate	65.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
Population	896 → 821 (-8.4%)	5,019 → 5,030 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$41,346 → $55,417 (+34.0%)	$45,038 → $51,472 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $111,400 (+26.7%)	$100,600 → $137,700 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $799 (+15.1%)	$579 → $681 (+17.6%)

Lone Rock

Population

896821

Median household income

$41,346$55,417

Median home value

$87,900$111,400

Median gross rent

$694$799

Richland Center

Population

5,0195,030

Median household income

$45,038$51,472

Median home value

$100,600$137,700

Median gross rent

$579$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
Under 5	8.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	57.4%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
Drove alone	81.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
1-unit, detached	58.8%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lone Rock	Richland Center
Poverty rate	12.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1972	1959