North Prairie vs Wales

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

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

Wales has the higher population (2,915 vs 2,514 in North Prairie). North Prairie has the higher median household income ($148,780 vs $110,804 in Wales). North Prairie has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $383,600 in Wales).

Population, income & housing

	North Prairie	Wales
Population	2,514	2,915
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$148,780	$110,804
Median home value	$396,800	$383,600
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,473
Housing units	1,002	1,054
Homeownership rate	94.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Prairie	Wales
Population	2,352 → 2,514 (+6.9%)	2,581 → 2,915 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$106,688 → $148,780 (+39.5%)	$98,125 → $110,804 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$272,600 → $396,800 (+45.6%)	$292,800 → $383,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,117 (+31.4%)	$1,014 → $1,473 (+45.3%)

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

Wales

Population

2,5812,915

Median household income

$98,125$110,804

Median home value

$292,800$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Prairie	Wales
Under 5	2.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	18.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.5%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Prairie	Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Prairie	Wales
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	19.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Prairie	Wales
Drove alone	71.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	16.9%
Other means	0.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Prairie	Wales
1-unit, detached	89.1%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Prairie	Wales
Poverty rate	2.8%	1.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1994	1979