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Prairie du Chien, WI

5,491 Population
5.9 square miles 930.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Crawford County: 47.4 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,093 ±$1,954 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $34,846 ±$1,184
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,268 ±$7,695 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $64,094 ±$4,749
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4.9% (820  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 13.8% † 2,094 (±1.8% / ±278)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±2.1 (33,830  ±5,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Crawford County: 23.1 145,930 (±1.2 / ±9,360)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,192 ±128 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 6,706 ±167
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,714  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Crawford County: 2.3 15,202 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±3.9% (34  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Crawford County: 5.6% † 158 (±1.8% / ±50)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,558 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 8,765 ±46
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,300 ±$11,910 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $183,400 ±$7,715
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±3.5% (651  ±189.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Crawford County: 8.4% † 1,342 (±1.4% / ±229.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±6.7% (3,812  ±319.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Crawford County: 92.8% 10,972 (±3.5% / ±415)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±3.4% (660  ±142.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 18.3% 2,167 (±1.6% / ±192.6)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half 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

1.2% ±0.7% (64  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Crawford County: 2.5% 397
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.2% (261  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Crawford County: 8.1% † 1,052 (±0.9% / ±121)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
261 Total veterans ±56 256 Male ±57 5 Female ±7

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