One of the benefits of Rice Lake is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.06 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Rice Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Rice Lake who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.86% of adults in Rice Lake have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Rice Lake in 2022 was $35,501, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,004 for a family of four. However, Rice Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rice Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rice Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rice Lake include German, Norwegian, Irish, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Rice Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
