Brice Prairie vs Onalaska

A side-by-side comparison of Brice Prairie and Onalaska: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onalaska has the higher population (18,909 vs 1,858 in Brice Prairie). Brice Prairie has the higher median household income ($90,795 vs $84,898 in Onalaska). Brice Prairie has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $279,100 in Onalaska).

Population, income & housing

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
Population	1,858	18,909
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,795	$84,898
Median home value	$279,700	$279,100
Median gross rent	$989	$1,096
Housing units	792	8,676
Homeownership rate	88.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
Population	2,280 → 1,858 (-18.5%)	18,662 → 18,909 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$83,977 → $90,795 (+8.1%)	$61,429 → $84,898 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $279,700 (+62.8%)	$196,600 → $279,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $989 (+70.5%)	$890 → $1,096 (+23.1%)

Brice Prairie

Population

2,2801,858

Median household income

$83,977$90,795

Median home value

$171,800$279,700

Median gross rent

$580$989

Onalaska

Population

18,66218,909

Median household income

$61,429$84,898

Median home value

$196,600$279,100

Median gross rent

$890$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.5%	9.5%
75 and over	5.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
Drove alone	81.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
1-unit, detached	85.7%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Brice Prairie	Onalaska
Poverty rate	1.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1978	1991