Medford vs Rib Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Medford and Rib Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Medford and Rib Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medford has the higher population (4,331 vs 878 in Rib Lake). Rib Lake has the higher median household income ($55,813 vs $53,173 in Medford). Medford has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $99,300 in Rib Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Medford	Rib Lake
Population	4,331	878
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$55,813
Median home value	$175,300	$99,300
Median gross rent	$809	$707
Housing units	2,080	451
Homeownership rate	52.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medford	Rib Lake
Population	4,292 → 4,331 (+0.9%)	932 → 878 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$41,146 → $53,173 (+29.2%)	$40,781 → $55,813 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $175,300 (+57.8%)	$113,100 → $99,300 (-12.2%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $809 (+22.4%)	$553 → $707 (+27.8%)

Medford

Population

4,2924,331

Median household income

$41,146$53,173

Median home value

$111,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$661$809

Rib Lake

Population

932878

Median household income

$40,781$55,813

Median home value

$113,100$99,300

Median gross rent

$553$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medford	Rib Lake
Under 5	3.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.7%
75 and over	12.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medford	Rib Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medford	Rib Lake
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medford	Rib Lake
Drove alone	71.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medford	Rib Lake
1-unit, detached	55.7%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	15.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Medford	Rib Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1971	1963