Big Foot Prairie vs Lake Lorraine

A side-by-side comparison of Big Foot Prairie and Lake Lorraine: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Foot Prairie and Lake Lorraine are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Lorraine has the higher population (251 vs 159 in Big Foot Prairie). Since 2019, Big Foot Prairie's population has grown faster (+106.5% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
Population	159	251
Median age	24.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,208
Median home value	—	$194,500
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	47	134
Homeownership rate	36.2%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
Population	77 → 159 (+106.5%)	268 → 251 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $66,563 (+5.3%)	$60,781 → $55,208 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $237,500 (+31.0%)	$159,800 → $194,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$883 → $933 (+5.7%)

Big Foot Prairie

Population

77159

Median household income

$63,194$66,563

Median home value

$181,300$237,500

Lake Lorraine

Population

268251

Median household income

$60,781$55,208

Median home value

$159,800$194,500

Median gross rent

$883$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
Under 5	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	27.0%	18.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	19.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	6.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
No high school diploma	72.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	15.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
Drove alone	74.2%	86.3%
Carpooled	21.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
1-unit, detached	91.5%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Foot Prairie	Lake Lorraine
Poverty rate	46.1%	13.9%
Average household size	3.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1938	1968