Lake Delton vs Prairie du Sac

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

Lake Delton 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.

Prairie du Sac has the higher population (4,385 vs 3,522 in Lake Delton). Prairie du Sac has the higher median household income ($92,672 vs $42,386 in Lake Delton). Prairie du Sac has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $144,100 in Lake Delton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
Population	3,522	4,385
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$92,672
Median home value	$144,100	$319,200
Median gross rent	$980	$1,138
Housing units	2,679	1,930
Homeownership rate	58.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
Population	2,989 → 3,522 (+17.8%)	4,347 → 4,385 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$41,400 → $42,386 (+2.4%)	$59,842 → $92,672 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $144,100 (+32.7%)	$242,200 → $319,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $980 (+24.8%)	$1,041 → $1,138 (+9.3%)

Lake Delton

Population

2,9893,522

Median household income

$41,400$42,386

Median home value

$108,600$144,100

Median gross rent

$785$980

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)

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
Under 5	4.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
Drove alone	75.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.3%
Other means	2.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
1-unit, detached	34.2%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	12.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delton	Prairie du Sac
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.2%
Average household size	1.87	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1991	1984