Plain vs Prairie du Sac

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

Plain 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 776 in Plain). Prairie du Sac has the higher median household income ($92,672 vs $85,938 in Plain). Prairie du Sac has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $223,600 in Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
Population	776	4,385
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$92,672
Median home value	$223,600	$319,200
Median gross rent	$972	$1,138
Housing units	359	1,930
Homeownership rate	73.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
Population	755 → 776 (+2.8%)	4,347 → 4,385 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)	$59,842 → $92,672 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)	$242,200 → $319,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)	$1,041 → $1,138 (+9.3%)

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

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)

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
Under 5	7.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
Drove alone	76.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
1-unit, detached	80.2%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plain	Prairie du Sac
Poverty rate	10.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1957	1984