Rib Lake vs Westboro

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

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

Rib Lake has the higher population (878 vs 204 in Westboro). Rib Lake has the higher median household income ($55,813 vs $46,000 in Westboro). Rib Lake has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $95,000 in Westboro).

Population, income & housing

	Rib Lake	Westboro
Population	878	204
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,813	$46,000
Median home value	$99,300	$95,000
Median gross rent	$707	$571
Housing units	451	76
Homeownership rate	67.4%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rib Lake	Westboro
Population	932 → 878 (-5.8%)	175 → 204 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$40,781 → $55,813 (+36.9%)	$38,250 → $46,000 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $99,300 (-12.2%)	$68,700 → $95,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $707 (+27.8%)	$625 → $571 (-8.6%)

Rib Lake

Population

932878

Median household income

$40,781$55,813

Median home value

$113,100$99,300

Median gross rent

$553$707

Westboro

Population

175204

Median household income

$38,250$46,000

Median home value

$68,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$625$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rib Lake	Westboro
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.8%
75 and over	11.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rib Lake	Westboro
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rib Lake	Westboro
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rib Lake	Westboro
Drove alone	77.9%	99.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rib Lake	Westboro
1-unit, detached	66.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Rib Lake	Westboro
Poverty rate	15.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1963	1953