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Sun Prairie town, Dane County, WI

2,007 Population
29.6 square miles 67.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,084 ±$6,778 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dane County: $53,181 ±$1,051
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$127,321 ±$19,889 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dane County: $89,975 ±$1,284
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±1.4% (40  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dane County: 10.6% 59,334 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±3.2 (22,385  ±5,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 20.6 5,269,165 (±0.3 / ±107,502)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

744 ±101 Number of households
  • Dane County: 251,529 ±1,049
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (2,005  ±313) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 2.2 556,614 (±0 / ±350)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.7% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Dane County: 3.7% † 5,534 (±0.4% / ±585)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

796 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Dane County: 261,061 ±191
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$373,800 ±$22,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $394,800 ±$3,871
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±10.4% (291  ±212.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dane County: 18.6% 105,686 (±0.7% / ±3,801.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±18.6% (1,414  ±176.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 96.4% 368,220 (±1.1% / ±4,280.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.1% ±4.7% (680  ±118.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dane County: 55.3% 211,208 (±0.8% / ±2,946.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.6% (48  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dane County: 9% 51,269
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2.2% (105  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dane County: 4.3% 19,825 (±0.2% / ±962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
105 Total veterans ±38 105 Male ±38 N/A Female ±10

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