Almena vs Prairie Farm

A side-by-side comparison of Almena and Prairie Farm: population, income, housing, and more.

Almena and Prairie Farm are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Almena has the higher population (749 vs 462 in Prairie Farm). Almena has the higher median household income ($49,250 vs $46,563 in Prairie Farm). Prairie Farm has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $106,100 in Almena).

Population, income & housing

	Almena	Prairie Farm
Population	749	462
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$46,563
Median home value	$106,100	$124,600
Median gross rent	$738	$672
Housing units	345	202
Homeownership rate	67.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almena	Prairie Farm
Population	767 → 749 (-2.3%)	466 → 462 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$40,139 → $49,250 (+22.7%)	$34,773 → $46,563 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $106,100 (+22.4%)	$87,800 → $124,600 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $738 (+7.3%)	$594 → $672 (+13.1%)

Almena

Population

767749

Median household income

$40,139$49,250

Median home value

$86,700$106,100

Median gross rent

$688$738

Prairie Farm

Population

466462

Median household income

$34,773$46,563

Median home value

$87,800$124,600

Median gross rent

$594$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almena	Prairie Farm
Under 5	3.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.0%
75 and over	4.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almena	Prairie Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almena	Prairie Farm
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almena	Prairie Farm
Drove alone	92.0%	92.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almena	Prairie Farm
1-unit, detached	67.5%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Almena	Prairie Farm
Poverty rate	14.2%	20.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1976	1960