Park Falls vs Prentice

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

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

Park Falls has the higher population (2,308 vs 466 in Prentice). Park Falls has the higher median household income ($47,240 vs $42,188 in Prentice). Prentice has the higher median home value ($102,400 vs $81,900 in Park Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Park Falls	Prentice
Population	2,308	466
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,240	$42,188
Median home value	$81,900	$102,400
Median gross rent	$907	$686
Housing units	1,298	312
Homeownership rate	66.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Falls	Prentice
Population	2,248 → 2,308 (+2.7%)	548 → 466 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$37,827 → $47,240 (+24.9%)	$43,375 → $42,188 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $81,900 (+9.5%)	$85,500 → $102,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $907 (+68.6%)	$456 → $686 (+50.4%)

Park Falls

Population

2,2482,308

Median household income

$37,827$47,240

Median home value

$74,800$81,900

Median gross rent

$538$907

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)

	Park Falls	Prentice
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.6%
75 and over	12.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Falls	Prentice
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Falls	Prentice
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Falls	Prentice
Drove alone	83.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Falls	Prentice
1-unit, detached	72.7%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	21.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Park Falls	Prentice
Poverty rate	25.6%	11.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1957	1973