Rib Lake vs Whittlesey

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

Rib Lake and Whittlesey 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 93 in Whittlesey). Whittlesey has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $55,813 in Rib Lake). Whittlesey has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $99,300 in Rib Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
Population	878	93
Median age	45.3 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,813	$63,250
Median home value	$99,300	$176,800
Median gross rent	$707	—
Housing units	451	53
Homeownership rate	67.4%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
Population	932 → 878 (-5.8%)	139 → 93 (-33.1%)
Median household income	$40,781 → $55,813 (+36.9%)	$63,500 → $63,250 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $99,300 (-12.2%)	$157,300 → $176,800 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $707 (+27.8%)	—

Rib Lake

Population

932878

Median household income

$40,781$55,813

Median home value

$113,100$99,300

Median gross rent

$553$707

Whittlesey

Population

13993

Median household income

$63,500$63,250

Median home value

$157,300$176,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	22.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	21.5%
75 and over	11.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	44.9%	60.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
Drove alone	77.9%	65.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.6%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
1-unit, detached	66.5%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Rib Lake	Whittlesey
Poverty rate	15.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.08	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1963	1992