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Cost of living in Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Rice Lake, Wisconsin has about 9,030 people. Typical rent is $856 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $52,417 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #118 in Wisconsin on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $856 a month.

Rice Lake is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $52,417 a year.

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People
9,030
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$856
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$52,417
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$193,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,027
Barron County, WI

Rice Lake, Wisconsin has about 9,030 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $193,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Barron County is $1,027 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rice Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Wisconsin's prices sit at 94.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Rice Lake's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Rice Lake's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Wisconsin in the table we use.

Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 269 have higher typical rent than Rice Lake.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.