De Soto vs Prairie du Chien

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Prairie du Chien: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie du Chien has the higher population (5,471 vs 497 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($89,440 vs $52,670 in Prairie du Chien). Prairie du Chien has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $117,600 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
Population	497	5,471
Median age	57.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,440	$52,670
Median home value	$117,600	$152,100
Median gross rent	$590	$840
Housing units	288	2,474
Homeownership rate	88.0%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
Population	320 → 497 (+55.3%)	5,635 → 5,471 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $89,440 (+47.5%)	$47,863 → $52,670 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $117,600 (+9.6%)	$118,100 → $152,100 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $590 (-9.9%)	$663 → $840 (+26.7%)

De Soto

Population

320497

Median household income

$60,625$89,440

Median home value

$107,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$655$590

Prairie du Chien

Population

5,6355,471

Median household income

$47,863$52,670

Median home value

$118,100$152,100

Median gross rent

$663$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	23.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.1%
75 and over	17.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	69.5%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
Drove alone	88.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	1.4%	15.0%
Public transit	1.4%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
1-unit, detached	42.4%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	49.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Prairie du Chien
Poverty rate	4.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	15
Median year structure built	1976	1961