Bristol vs Pleasant Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Pleasant Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Prairie has the higher population (21,515 vs 5,196 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($109,917 vs $103,903 in Pleasant Prairie). Pleasant Prairie has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $288,800 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
Population	5,196	21,515
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,917	$103,903
Median home value	$288,800	$336,300
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,446
Housing units	2,300	8,868
Homeownership rate	81.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
Population	5,038 → 5,196 (+3.1%)	20,832 → 21,515 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $109,917 (+33.9%)	$86,687 → $103,903 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $288,800 (+8.4%)	$231,200 → $336,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,213 (+22.9%)	$1,064 → $1,446 (+35.9%)

Bristol

Population

5,0385,196

Median household income

$82,062$109,917

Median home value

$266,500$288,800

Median gross rent

$987$1,213

Pleasant Prairie

Population

20,83221,515

Median household income

$86,687$103,903

Median home value

$231,200$336,300

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
Drove alone	84.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	4.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
1-unit, detached	81.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Pleasant Prairie
Poverty rate	1.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1981	1994