Sun Prairie vs Waunakee

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

Sun Prairie and Waunakee 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 14,927 in Waunakee). Waunakee has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $90,521 in Sun Prairie). Waunakee has the higher median home value ($490,300 vs $339,800 in Sun Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
Population	36,455	14,927
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,521	$128,750
Median home value	$339,800	$490,300
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,236
Housing units	15,657	5,660
Homeownership rate	61.8%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
Population	33,321 → 36,455 (+9.4%)	13,730 → 14,927 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$77,139 → $90,521 (+17.3%)	$112,845 → $128,750 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$239,200 → $339,800 (+42.1%)	$346,300 → $490,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,374 (+26.4%)	$1,013 → $1,236 (+22.0%)

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

Waunakee

Population

13,73014,927

Median household income

$112,845$128,750

Median home value

$346,300$490,300

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.6%
75 and over	6.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	21.4%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
Drove alone	71.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.3%	18.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
1-unit, detached	50.4%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	7.2%
20 or more units	18.6%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sun Prairie	Waunakee
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1998	1997