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Rice Lake, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rice Lake, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,512. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RICE-LAKE-WI · Rice Lake, WI 1 ZIPs · 15,512 pop · #15734/25278 · Barron County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $64,318
  • RANK-LOWER #15734/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barron
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-TOWN 15,512
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $227,800

Nearest income peer: Barron, WI ( $1,218 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Rice Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rice Lake on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rice Lake, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

38th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
15,512
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,318
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $64,318 and poverty 9.3% concentrate in 54868.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rice Lake as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Redgranite is the closest lower-income city and Linden the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rice Lake.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 54868, is all of Rice Lake

There is no split to weigh here: 54868 holds every one of Rice Lake's 15,512 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rice Lake's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 601 establishments, 9,384 employees , annual payroll $457,957k (~39 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54868 (601 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (108) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Rice Lake, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Barron County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rice Lake. See the Barron County roll-up →

Rice Lake sits in the lower half of Barron County on income: Chetek, Cumberland and Cameron report more, Almena and Dallas report less. Mikana marks the far end of that range at $96,667, 50% above Rice Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
54868 15,512 $64,318 601 29
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Rice Lake roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rice Lake, .