Chetek vs Prairie Farm

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

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

Chetek has the higher population (2,017 vs 462 in Prairie Farm). Chetek has the higher median household income ($59,554 vs $46,563 in Prairie Farm). Chetek has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $124,600 in Prairie Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
Population	2,017	462
Median age	48.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,554	$46,563
Median home value	$156,500	$124,600
Median gross rent	$921	$672
Housing units	1,083	202
Homeownership rate	72.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
Population	2,169 → 2,017 (-7.0%)	466 → 462 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $59,554 (+7.1%)	$34,773 → $46,563 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $156,500 (+34.8%)	$87,800 → $124,600 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $921 (+29.2%)	$594 → $672 (+13.1%)

Chetek

Population

2,1692,017

Median household income

$55,625$59,554

Median home value

$116,100$156,500

Median gross rent

$713$921

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)

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
Under 5	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.0%
75 and over	12.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
Drove alone	81.3%	92.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
1-unit, detached	68.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Chetek	Prairie Farm
Poverty rate	14.2%	20.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1970	1960