Gays Mills vs Prairie du Chien

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

Gays Mills 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 577 in Gays Mills). Prairie du Chien has the higher median household income ($52,670 vs $35,682 in Gays Mills). Gays Mills has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $152,100 in Prairie du Chien).

Population, income & housing

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
Population	577	5,471
Median age	36.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,682	$52,670
Median home value	$156,900	$152,100
Median gross rent	$775	$840
Housing units	325	2,474
Homeownership rate	65.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
Population	494 → 577 (+16.8%)	5,635 → 5,471 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $35,682 (+4.2%)	$47,863 → $52,670 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $156,900 (+68.7%)	$118,100 → $152,100 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $775 (+34.8%)	$663 → $840 (+26.7%)

Gays Mills

Population

494577

Median household income

$34,250$35,682

Median home value

$93,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$575$775

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)

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
Under 5	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.1%
75 and over	4.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	6.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
Drove alone	56.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	23.7%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	4.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.1%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
1-unit, detached	75.4%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Gays Mills	Prairie du Chien
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1980	1961