Richfield vs Slinger

A side-by-side comparison of Richfield and Slinger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richfield has the higher population (11,806 vs 6,173 in Slinger). Richfield has the higher median household income ($135,774 vs $99,457 in Slinger). Richfield has the higher median home value ($456,500 vs $337,700 in Slinger).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	Slinger
Population	11,806	6,173
Median age	49.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$135,774	$99,457
Median home value	$456,500	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,083
Housing units	4,725	2,690
Homeownership rate	97.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	Slinger
Population	11,690 → 11,806 (+1.0%)	5,389 → 6,173 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$105,441 → $135,774 (+28.8%)	$78,387 → $99,457 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$323,700 → $456,500 (+41.0%)	$257,100 → $337,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,460 (+40.7%)	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)

Richfield

Population

11,69011,806

Median household income

$105,441$135,774

Median home value

$323,700$456,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,460

Slinger

Population

5,3896,173

Median household income

$78,387$99,457

Median home value

$257,100$337,700

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	Slinger
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.1%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	Slinger
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	Slinger
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	20.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	Slinger
Drove alone	70.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	Slinger
1-unit, detached	96.0%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	Slinger
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1988	1993