Plum City vs Prescott

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

Plum 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 582 in Plum City). Prescott has the higher median household income ($82,730 vs $58,750 in Plum City). Prescott has the higher median home value ($282,100 vs $164,600 in Plum City).

Population, income & housing

	Plum City	Prescott
Population	582	4,376
Median age	45.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$82,730
Median home value	$164,600	$282,100
Median gross rent	$788	$1,284
Housing units	249	2,088
Homeownership rate	68.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum City	Prescott
Population	533 → 582 (+9.2%)	4,258 → 4,376 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)	$75,603 → $82,730 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)	$186,500 → $282,100 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)	$958 → $1,284 (+34.0%)

Plum City

Population

533582

Median household income

$48,125$58,750

Median home value

$114,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$652$788

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)

	Plum City	Prescott
Under 5	4.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.8%
75 and over	15.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum City	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum City	Prescott
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	52.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum City	Prescott
Drove alone	72.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	15.7%
Other means	8.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum City	Prescott
1-unit, detached	73.1%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Plum City	Prescott
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1955	1978