Prairie Farm vs Turtle Lake

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

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

Turtle Lake has the higher population (900 vs 462 in Prairie Farm). Turtle Lake has the higher median household income ($57,854 vs $46,563 in Prairie Farm). Turtle Lake has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $124,600 in Prairie Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
Population	462	900
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$57,854
Median home value	$124,600	$143,100
Median gross rent	$672	$794
Housing units	202	507
Homeownership rate	78.2%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
Population	466 → 462 (-0.9%)	947 → 900 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$34,773 → $46,563 (+33.9%)	$29,833 → $57,854 (+93.9%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $124,600 (+41.9%)	$89,300 → $143,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $672 (+13.1%)	$643 → $794 (+23.5%)

Prairie Farm

Population

466462

Median household income

$34,773$46,563

Median home value

$87,800$124,600

Median gross rent

$594$672

Turtle Lake

Population

947900

Median household income

$29,833$57,854

Median home value

$89,300$143,100

Median gross rent

$643$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.4%
75 and over	7.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	92.3%	69.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	16.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	77.7%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Farm	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	20.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.27	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1960	1974