Big Foot Prairie vs Turtle Lake

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

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

Turtle Lake has the higher population (307 vs 159 in Big Foot Prairie). Since 2019, Big Foot Prairie's population has grown faster (+106.5% vs +17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
Population	159	307
Median age	24.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,500
Median home value	—	$316,700
Median gross rent	—	$878
Housing units	47	216
Homeownership rate	36.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
Population	77 → 159 (+106.5%)	261 → 307 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $66,563 (+5.3%)	$68,750 → $67,500 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $237,500 (+31.0%)	$222,200 → $316,700 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$782 → $878 (+12.3%)

Big Foot Prairie

Population

77159

Median household income

$63,194$66,563

Median home value

$181,300$237,500

Turtle Lake

Population

261307

Median household income

$68,750$67,500

Median home value

$222,200$316,700

Median gross rent

$782$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
Under 5	11.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	27.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	2.6%
35 to 44	19.5%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	19.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	26.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.9%
75 and over	0.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	84.4%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	72.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	74.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	21.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	91.5%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Foot Prairie	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	46.1%	12.7%
Average household size	3.38	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	41	39
Median year structure built	1938	1971