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Wisconsin Rapids, WI

18,756 Population
13.9 square miles 1,350 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,656 ±$2,181 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $37,954 ±$1,533
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$54,116 ±$4,218 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $66,417 ±$2,136
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

14.4% ±3% (2,665  ±559) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 10.3% † 7,543 (±1.1% / ±824)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.6 minutes ±1.7 (166,040  ±17,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 21 663,440 (±0.9 / ±33,448)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

8,370 ±338 Number of households
  • the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 31,942 ±411
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.1 (18,272  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 2.3 72,991 (±0 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6% ±3.6% (261  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 5.8% † 845 (±1.7% / ±246)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

9,240 ±375 Number of housing units
  • the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 34,662 ±68
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$116,600 ±$5,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: $168,100 ±$5,669
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

18.2% ±4.3% (3,387  ±,795.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 11.5% † 8,408 (±1.4% / ±1,057.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92.2% ±5.4% (11,716  ±,772.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 93.5% 49,508 (±2.4% / ±1,276.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
16.9% ±2.5% (2,149  ±,325.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 21.4% 11,344 (±1.2% / ±,638.3)
  • about half 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

2.4% ±0.9% (442  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 2.2% 1,606
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7.4% ±1.5% (1,072  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area: 8.2% 4,775 (±0.6% / ±370)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
1,072 Total veterans ±216 972 Male ±203 100 Female ±68

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