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Wisconsin Rapids, WI

18,722 Population
13.9 square miles 1,346.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,275 ±$1,888 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $37,943 ±$1,277
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,253 ±$5,028 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $67,989 ±$2,326
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±2.9% (2,729  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 10.8% 7,875 (±1.1% / ±771)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±1.4 (157,165  ±14,949) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 20.7 653,960 (±1 / ±35,060)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,392 ±348 Number of households
  • the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 32,253 ±429
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (18,238  ±88) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 2.3 72,927 (±0 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3.7% (280  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 5.2% † 763 (±1.4% / ±207)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,131 ±366 Number of housing units
  • the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 34,755 ±70
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,900 ±$10,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $175,600 ±$5,252
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±3.9% (3,585  ±726.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 11.3% † 8,308 (±1.4% / ±998.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±5% (11,958  ±718.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 94.6% 50,242 (±2.4% / ±1,269.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±2.4% (2,290  ±306.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 21.4% 11,387 (±1.2% / ±635.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±0.8% (343  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 2.3% 1,662
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±1.7% (1,207  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 8.4% 4,907 (±0.8% / ±462)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,207 Total veterans ±241 1,064 Male ±230 143 Female ±78

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