Pleasant Prairie vs Somers

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

Pleasant Prairie and Somers 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 8,245 in Somers). Pleasant Prairie has the higher median household income ($103,903 vs $78,068 in Somers). Pleasant Prairie has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $287,800 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
Population	21,515	8,245
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,903	$78,068
Median home value	$336,300	$287,800
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,400
Housing units	8,868	3,462
Homeownership rate	77.2%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
Population	20,832 → 21,515 (+3.3%)	8,336 → 8,245 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$86,687 → $103,903 (+19.9%)	$67,560 → $78,068 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$231,200 → $336,300 (+45.5%)	$205,100 → $287,800 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,446 (+35.9%)	$972 → $1,400 (+44.0%)

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

Somers

Population

8,3368,245

Median household income

$67,560$78,068

Median home value

$205,100$287,800

Median gross rent

$972$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
Under 5	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	76.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
Drove alone	79.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
1-unit, detached	70.6%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	24.7%
20 or more units	12.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Prairie	Somers
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1994	1984