Stoughton vs Sun Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Stoughton and Sun Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun Prairie has the higher population (36,455 vs 13,063 in Stoughton). Sun Prairie has the higher median household income ($90,521 vs $78,517 in Stoughton). Sun Prairie has the higher median home value ($339,800 vs $283,900 in Stoughton).

Population, income & housing

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
Population	13,063	36,455
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,517	$90,521
Median home value	$283,900	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,374
Housing units	5,889	15,657
Homeownership rate	67.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
Population	13,097 → 13,063 (-0.3%)	33,321 → 36,455 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$67,329 → $78,517 (+16.6%)	$77,139 → $90,521 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$218,100 → $283,900 (+30.2%)	$239,200 → $339,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,155 (+22.5%)	$1,087 → $1,374 (+26.4%)

Stoughton

Population

13,09713,063

Median household income

$67,329$78,517

Median home value

$218,100$283,900

Median gross rent

$943$1,155

Sun Prairie

Population

33,32136,455

Median household income

$77,139$90,521

Median home value

$239,200$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.5%
75 and over	9.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.4%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	72.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.9%	18.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	55.7%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	9.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	18.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Stoughton	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1982	1998