Prairie du Sac vs Reedsburg

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

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

Reedsburg has the higher population (10,060 vs 4,385 in Prairie du Sac). Prairie du Sac has the higher median household income ($92,672 vs $71,991 in Reedsburg). Prairie du Sac has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $218,300 in Reedsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
Population	4,385	10,060
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,672	$71,991
Median home value	$319,200	$218,300
Median gross rent	$1,138	$944
Housing units	1,930	4,047
Homeownership rate	63.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
Population	4,347 → 4,385 (+0.9%)	9,508 → 10,060 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$59,842 → $92,672 (+54.9%)	$54,441 → $71,991 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$242,200 → $319,200 (+31.8%)	$141,800 → $218,300 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,138 (+9.3%)	$753 → $944 (+25.4%)

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

Reedsburg

Population

9,50810,060

Median household income

$54,441$71,991

Median home value

$141,800$218,300

Median gross rent

$753$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
Under 5	9.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
Drove alone	82.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
1-unit, detached	65.8%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Prairie du Sac	Reedsburg
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1984	1992