Prairie du Chien is home to 5,491 people in Wisconsin. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 46.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $161,300. Households here earn about 30% less than in Wisconsin as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,268, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Prairie du Chien
What changed most since 1990
White share97.5% → 91.1%(−6.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate10.2% → 17.4%(+7.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age36.1 → 46.7(+10.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Its weight in Crawford County
Prairie du Chien's population equals 34% of Crawford County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 16% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 25% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.5%(30)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.5%(56)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.9%(91)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.1%(16)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 261 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Prairie du Chien, decade by decade
Prairie du Chien population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,659
$51,561
$112,083
14.2%
6.1
2000
6,018
$62,005
$142,453
14.6%
13.5
2010
5,911
$50,950
$148,173
15.5%
17.0
2020
5,506
$56,410
$140,597
15.8%
25.3
2024
5,491
$54,268
$161,300
16.1%
20.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
