Plain vs Sauk City

A side-by-side comparison of Plain and Sauk City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sauk City has the higher population (3,500 vs 776 in Plain). Plain has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $82,813 in Sauk City). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $223,600 in Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Plain	Sauk City
Population	776	3,500
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$82,813
Median home value	$223,600	$269,500
Median gross rent	$972	$1,105
Housing units	359	1,537
Homeownership rate	73.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain	Sauk City
Population	755 → 776 (+2.8%)	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Sauk City

Population

3,4823,500

Median household income

$64,213$82,813

Median home value

$207,400$269,500

Median gross rent

$724$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain	Sauk City
Under 5	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain	Sauk City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain	Sauk City
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain	Sauk City
Drove alone	76.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	4.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain	Sauk City
1-unit, detached	80.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Plain	Sauk City
Poverty rate	10.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1957	1974