Prairie du Sac vs Sauk City

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

Prairie du Sac and Sauk City 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 3,500 in Sauk City). Prairie du Sac has the higher median household income ($92,672 vs $82,813 in Sauk City). Prairie du Sac has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $269,500 in Sauk City).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
Population	4,385	3,500
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,672	$82,813
Median home value	$319,200	$269,500
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,105
Housing units	1,930	1,537
Homeownership rate	63.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
Population	4,347 → 4,385 (+0.9%)	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$59,842 → $92,672 (+54.9%)	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$242,200 → $319,200 (+31.8%)	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,138 (+9.3%)	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)

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

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)

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
Under 5	9.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
Drove alone	82.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
1-unit, detached	65.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Prairie du Sac	Sauk City
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1984	1974