Prairie du Chien Stats & Maps

In 2018, Prairie du Chien, WI had a population of 5.7k people with a median age of 45.6 and a median household income of $46,307. Between 2017 and 2018 the population of Prairie du Chien, WI declined from 5,715 to 5,695, a -0.35% decrease and its median household income grew from $41,042 to $46,307, a 12.8% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Prairie du Chien, WI are White (Non-Hispanic) (91.5%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (4.74%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.63%), White (Hispanic) (1.26%), and American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (0.615%). NaNk% of the people in Prairie du Chien, WI speak a non-English language, and 100% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Prairie du Chien, WI is $119,500, and the homeownership rate is 63.3%. Most people in Prairie du Chien, WI commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 14.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Prairie du Chien, WI is 2 cars per household.

Economy

Median household income in Prairie du Chien, WI is $46,307. In 2018, the place with the highest Median Household Income in Prairie du Chien, WI was Census Tract 9604 with a value of $49,875, followed by Census Tract 9606 and Census Tract 9605, with respective values of $48,191 and $47,882.

Males in Wisconsin have an average income that is 1.34 times higher than the average income of females, which is $49,130. The income inequality in Wisconsin (measured using the Gini index) is 0.447, which is lower than than the national average.

The economy of Prairie du Chien, WI employs 2.43k people. The largest industries in Prairie du Chien, WI are Retail Trade (475 people), Manufacturing (388 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (311 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($53,194), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($53,162), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting ($53,125).

Property Value

In 2018, the median property value in Prairie du Chien, WI grew to to $119,500 from the previous year’s value of $118,100.

The following chart displays owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket.

Data from the Census Bureau ACS 5-year Estimate.

Nearest Cities

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Dubuque, IA (43.9 miles , pop. 57,686).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (88.3 miles , pop. 208,054).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (195.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Marquette, IA (1.5 miles), McGregor, IA (1.6 miles), Bridgeport, WI (1.7 miles), Wyalusing, WI (2.8 miles), Clayton, IA (3.1 miles), Bagley, WI (3.2 miles), Eastman, WI (3.2 miles), Millville, WI (3.2 miles)

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