Baraboo vs Prairie du Sac

A side-by-side comparison of Baraboo and Prairie du Sac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baraboo has the higher population (12,506 vs 4,385 in Prairie du Sac). Prairie du Sac has the higher median household income ($92,672 vs $73,515 in Baraboo). Prairie du Sac has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $201,800 in Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
Population	12,506	4,385
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,515	$92,672
Median home value	$201,800	$319,200
Median gross rent	$926	$1,138
Housing units	6,139	1,930
Homeownership rate	66.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
Population	12,138 → 12,506 (+3.0%)	4,347 → 4,385 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$52,109 → $73,515 (+41.1%)	$59,842 → $92,672 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $201,800 (+32.2%)	$242,200 → $319,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $926 (+15.6%)	$1,041 → $1,138 (+9.3%)

Baraboo

Population

12,13812,506

Median household income

$52,109$73,515

Median home value

$152,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$801$926

Prairie du Sac

Population

4,3474,385

Median household income

$59,842$92,672

Median home value

$242,200$319,200

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
Under 5	4.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
Drove alone	77.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.2%	11.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
1-unit, detached	58.3%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
Poverty rate	8.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1970	1984