Prairie du Chien vs Seneca

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

Prairie du Chien and Seneca 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 336 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($59,013 vs $52,670 in Prairie du Chien). Prairie du Chien has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $131,300 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
Population	5,471	336
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,670	$59,013
Median home value	$152,100	$131,300
Median gross rent	$840	$920
Housing units	2,474	99
Homeownership rate	64.1%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
Population	5,635 → 5,471 (-2.9%)	311 → 336 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$47,863 → $52,670 (+10.0%)	$61,250 → $59,013 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $152,100 (+28.8%)	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $840 (+26.7%)	—

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

Seneca

Population

311336

Median household income

$61,250$59,013

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
Under 5	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	28.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.8%
75 and over	12.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.6%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
Drove alone	75.7%	53.4%
Carpooled	15.0%	38.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
1-unit, detached	74.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Prairie du Chien	Seneca
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.20	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1961	1941