Rib Lake Town is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, home to about 739 people across 74 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 54470 and 54490.
Homes sold for a median of $155 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and all of them were seller’s markets.
Population73910 per sq mi
Median home value$225,500Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$155Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Rib Lake Town. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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Around Rib Lake Town
Distances
Nearest major airport
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)150 miles away
Closer regional airport
Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI)42 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
St. Paul, MN144 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Chicago, IL271 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Rib Lake Town; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Rib Lake Town had 763 residents in the 2020 census, down 1% since 2000.
It’s the 1166th largest of 1,889 towns in Wisconsin by population.
Taylor County grew from 11,262 residents in 1900 to 19,913 in 2020.
Taylor County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 79°F in summer, and winter lows average 2°F. About 34.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 57 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Medford, WI weather station (14 miles away).
Jobs in Taylor County
6,986 jobs at 482 businesses in Taylor County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Rib Lake Town’s ZIP codes.
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Rib Lake Town
Parks (4 nearby)
Ice Age Park · 18 acres1.0 mi
Lake View Park · 9 acres1.0 mi
Lake View Park · 4 acres1.0 mi
Libraries (1 nearby)
Rib Lake Public Library0.9 mi
Counts are within about 5.5 miles of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Rib Lake School District. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(3)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Rib Lake ElementaryRib Lake
Pre-K–5
239
Public
1.6 mi
Rib Lake MiddleRib Lake
6–8
93
Public
1.3 mi
Rib Lake HighRib Lake
9–12
149
Public
1.3 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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