It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Prairie du Chien has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Prairie du Chien has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prairie du Chien than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prairie du Chien may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Prairie du Chien spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Prairie du Chien rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.05% of adults 25 and older in Prairie du Chien have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Prairie du Chien in 2022 was $30,093, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,372 for a family of four. However, Prairie du Chien contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Prairie du Chien home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prairie du Chien residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Prairie du Chien include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Prairie du Chien is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
