Catawba vs Prentice

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Prentice: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prentice has the higher population (466 vs 176 in Catawba). Catawba has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $42,188 in Prentice). Prentice has the higher median home value ($102,400 vs $55,500 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Prentice
Population	176	466
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$42,188
Median home value	$55,500	$102,400
Median gross rent	—	$686
Housing units	91	312
Homeownership rate	93.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	21.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Prentice
Population	121 → 176 (+45.5%)	548 → 466 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $65,357 (+58.4%)	$43,375 → $42,188 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $55,500 (-20.7%)	$85,500 → $102,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$456 → $686 (+50.4%)

Catawba

Population

121176

Median household income

$41,250$65,357

Median home value

$70,000$55,500

Prentice

Population

548466

Median household income

$43,375$42,188

Median home value

$85,500$102,400

Median gross rent

$456$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Prentice
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	26.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	26.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.6%
75 and over	6.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Prentice
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Prentice
No high school diploma	24.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Prentice
Drove alone	77.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Prentice
1-unit, detached	89.0%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Prentice
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1938	1973