Bay City vs Prescott

A side-by-side comparison of Bay City and Prescott: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay City and Prescott are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prescott has the higher population (4,376 vs 358 in Bay City). Prescott has the higher median household income ($82,730 vs $60,625 in Bay City). Prescott has the higher median home value ($282,100 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Prescott
Population	358	4,376
Median age	48.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$82,730
Median home value	$118,400	$282,100
Median gross rent	$990	$1,284
Housing units	169	2,088
Homeownership rate	89.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Prescott
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	4,258 → 4,376 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$75,603 → $82,730 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$186,500 → $282,100 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$958 → $1,284 (+34.0%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Prescott

Population

4,2584,376

Median household income

$75,603$82,730

Median home value

$186,500$282,100

Median gross rent

$958$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Prescott
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Prescott
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Prescott
Drove alone	88.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Prescott
1-unit, detached	66.3%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Prescott
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1972	1978