North Prairie vs Okauchee Lake

A side-by-side comparison of North Prairie and Okauchee Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okauchee Lake has the higher population (4,827 vs 2,514 in North Prairie). North Prairie has the higher median household income ($148,780 vs $129,241 in Okauchee Lake). Okauchee Lake has the higher median home value ($473,600 vs $396,800 in North Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
Population	2,514	4,827
Median age	40.6 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$148,780	$129,241
Median home value	$396,800	$473,600
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,275
Housing units	1,002	2,345
Homeownership rate	94.0%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
Population	2,352 → 2,514 (+6.9%)	4,551 → 4,827 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$106,688 → $148,780 (+39.5%)	$106,587 → $129,241 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$272,600 → $396,800 (+45.6%)	$367,200 → $473,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,117 (+31.4%)	$890 → $1,275 (+43.3%)

North Prairie

Population

2,3522,514

Median household income

$106,688$148,780

Median home value

$272,600$396,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,117

Okauchee Lake

Population

4,5514,827

Median household income

$106,587$129,241

Median home value

$367,200$473,600

Median gross rent

$890$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
Under 5	2.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	18.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	18.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.9%
75 and over	5.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
Drove alone	71.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	16.9%
Other means	0.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
1-unit, detached	89.1%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	North Prairie	Okauchee Lake
Poverty rate	2.8%	1.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1994	1978