Richland Center vs Viola

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

Richland Center and Viola 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 592 in Viola). Viola has the higher median household income ($86,000 vs $51,472 in Richland Center). Richland Center has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $108,700 in Viola).

Population, income & housing

	Richland Center	Viola
Population	5,030	592
Median age	44.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,472	$86,000
Median home value	$137,700	$108,700
Median gross rent	$681	$933
Housing units	2,683	247
Homeownership rate	59.6%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland Center	Viola
Population	5,019 → 5,030 (+0.2%)	749 → 592 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$45,038 → $51,472 (+14.3%)	$43,750 → $86,000 (+96.6%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $137,700 (+36.9%)	$83,200 → $108,700 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $681 (+17.6%)	$723 → $933 (+29.0%)

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

Viola

Population

749592

Median household income

$43,750$86,000

Median home value

$83,200$108,700

Median gross rent

$723$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland Center	Viola
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	20.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.6%
75 and over	11.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland Center	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland Center	Viola
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland Center	Viola
Drove alone	78.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	3.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland Center	Viola
1-unit, detached	62.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Richland Center	Viola
Poverty rate	17.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1959	1951