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Prairie du Chien, WI

5,471 Population
5.9 square miles 921.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Crawford County: 47.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,861 ±$2,073 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $34,130 ±$1,348
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$52,670 ±$6,039 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $63,496 ±$4,775
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

14.7% ±4.7% (701  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 12.6% † 1,918 (±1.7% / ±259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

14.6 minutes ±2.1 (32,525  ±5,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Crawford County: 22 141,980 (±1.3 / ±9,417)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,172 ±109 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 6,665 ±150
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.1 (4,769  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Crawford County: 2.3 15,295 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

1.5% ±2.5% (15  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Crawford County: 5.2% † 147 (±1.4% / ±41)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,474 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 8,705 ±44
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$152,100 ±$13,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $175,100 ±$7,414
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

14.1% ±3.6% (769  ±197.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Crawford County: 9.8% † 1,563 (±1.5% / ±243.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92.3% ±6.6% (3,767  ±295.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Crawford County: 92.4% 10,920 (±3.4% / ±398.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
16.5% ±3.2% (672  ±132.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 18.3% 2,161 (±1.5% / ±181.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1% ±0.6% (53  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Crawford County: 2.4% 383
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7.1% ±1.7% (320  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 8.5% † 1,092 (±0.9% / ±122)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
320 Total veterans ±78 300 Male ±75 20 Female ±21

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