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River Falls, WI

16,349 Population
7.2 square miles 2,255.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,809 ±$3,332 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $51,500 ±$286
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$78,078 ±$9,468 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $98,180 ±$598
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

17.3% ±3.3% (2,440  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.2% 296,604 (±0.2% / ±7,206)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

21.4 minutes ±1.3 (176,720  ±14,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 24.5 38,727,024 (±0.1 / ±202,097)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

5,519 ±308 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,458,896 ±3,198
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.1 (13,979  ±64) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.5 3,626,864 (±0 / ±384)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

2.3% ±1.5% (125  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.5% 47,412 (±0.2% / ±1,472)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

5,877 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,530,451 ±449
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$299,800 ±$14,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $354,400 ±$1,011
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

31.2% ±4.2% (5,056  ±675.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.9% 471,868 (±0.2% / ±7,602.8)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.3% ±5.9% (8,291  ±618.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.2% 2,378,131 (±0.4% / ±11,082.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
44.1% ±4.1% (3,754  ±382.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 44.9% 1,132,499 (±0.3% / ±7,018.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

2.5% ±0.9% (409  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.7% 396,708
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

3.6% ±1.1% (492  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.5% 153,969 (±0.1% / ±2,540)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
492 Total veterans ±151 446 Male ±141 46 Female ±44

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