Brice Prairie vs West Salem

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

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

West Salem has the higher population (5,268 vs 1,858 in Brice Prairie). West Salem has the higher median household income ($90,991 vs $90,795 in Brice Prairie). Brice Prairie has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $269,300 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
Population	1,858	5,268
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,795	$90,991
Median home value	$279,700	$269,300
Median gross rent	$989	$1,142
Housing units	792	2,101
Homeownership rate	88.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
Population	2,280 → 1,858 (-18.5%)	5,005 → 5,268 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$83,977 → $90,795 (+8.1%)	$57,543 → $90,991 (+58.1%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $279,700 (+62.8%)	$183,400 → $269,300 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $989 (+70.5%)	$869 → $1,142 (+31.4%)

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

West Salem

Population

5,0055,268

Median household income

$57,543$90,991

Median home value

$183,400$269,300

Median gross rent

$869$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	23.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	17.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	22.4%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
Drove alone	81.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
1-unit, detached	85.7%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Brice Prairie	West Salem
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1978	1990