What is the population of Richland Center city?

Richland Center city has 5,030 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Richland Center city?

Median household income in Richland Center city is $51,472 a year, 34.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland Center city?

Median gross rent is $681 a month and the median home value is $137,700, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

Is Richland Center city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland Center city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Richland Center, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Richland Center, Wisconsin (Richland Center, WI — Census place “Richland Center city”) is 5,030 residents, ranking #154 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $51,472, the median home is worth $137,700 and median gross rent runs $681 a month. Looking for the Richland Center Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Richland Center, WI: 53581.

Population: 5,030Richland Center city residents
Median household income: $51,472Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $681Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.6%Owner-occupied households

Richland Center ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Richland Center.

The Richland Center WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

53581

What the numbers mean in Richland Center city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Richland Center city median would spend about 15.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.3% of residents and 59.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Richland Center city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Richland Center city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 5,030 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #154 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 44.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Richland Center city earn a median of $51,472 a year, 34.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Richland Center city is valued at $137,700, 54.6% below the national figure and 35% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $681 a month, 51.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,172 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Richland Center city?: Richland Center city has 5,030 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Richland Center city?: Median household income in Richland Center city is $51,472 a year, 34.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland Center city?: Median gross rent is $681 a month and the median home value is $137,700, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Richland Center city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland Center city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Richland Center city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.