Paddock Lake vs Pleasant Prairie

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

Paddock Lake 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 2,965 in Paddock Lake). Pleasant Prairie has the higher median household income ($103,903 vs $88,438 in Paddock Lake). Pleasant Prairie has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $242,800 in Paddock Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
Population	2,965	21,515
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$103,903
Median home value	$242,800	$336,300
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,446
Housing units	1,390	8,868
Homeownership rate	82.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
Population	2,998 → 2,965 (-1.1%)	20,832 → 21,515 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$76,453 → $88,438 (+15.7%)	$86,687 → $103,903 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $242,800 (+47.5%)	$231,200 → $336,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,202 (+11.3%)	$1,064 → $1,446 (+35.9%)

Paddock Lake

Population

2,9982,965

Median household income

$76,453$88,438

Median home value

$164,600$242,800

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,202

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)

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
Drove alone	89.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
1-unit, detached	95.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Paddock Lake	Pleasant Prairie
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1971	1994