Richland Center is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,944 people and two associated neighborhoods, Richland Center is the 160th largest community in Wisconsin. Richland Center has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
One of the benefits of Richland Center is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.05 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, Richland Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Richland Center is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.49% of adults 25 and older in Richland Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Richland Center in 2022 was $30,280, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,120 for a family of four. However, Richland Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Richland Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richland Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Richland Center include German, Norwegian, English, Irish, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Richland Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.