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Prairie du Chien city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Prairie du Chien city is a Census city of 5,491 people across 5.90 square miles of land, in Crawford County. Median household income is $54,268, 66.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.8 m.
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Prairie du Chien
What Prairie du Chien is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.9 sq mi
- Water area0.63 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land930
- County holding the largest share of its areaCrawford County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie du Chien
How many people live in Prairie du Chien
- Population5,491
- Median age46.7
- Population under 18950
- Share under 1817.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,374
- Share 65 and over25.0 percent
- Households2,192
- Family households1,265
- Share of households that are families57.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie du Chien
Income and work in Prairie du Chien
- Median household income$54,268
- Per capita income$30,093
- Civilian labor force2,283
- Employed2,236
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over4,112
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Prairie du Chien
- Housing units2,558
- Occupied units2,192
- Vacant units366 plus or minus 115
- Vacancy rate14.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied1,465
- Renter occupied727
- Ownership rate66.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$161,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$795
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.6 percent
- Single family units1,933
- Share single family75.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more566 plus or minus 133
- Share in buildings of two or more22.1 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Mobile homes59 plus or minus 44
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Prairie du Chien gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,110
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,473
- Share commuting under 15 minutes69.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more405 plus or minus 112
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Drove alone75.8 percent
- Carpooled13.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Public transport1.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home5.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie du Chien
SBA 7(a) lending to Prairie du Chien borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,752,200
- Average approval$344,025
- Median approval$370,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$846,000
- Largest approval$846,000
- Jobs supported205
- Jobs per approval25.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Prairie du Chien borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$4,588,000
- Average approval$573,500
- Median approval$458,000
- Largest approval$1,186,000
- Jobs supported67
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Crawford County, not Prairie du Chien
Crawford County context, not Prairie du Chien figures
These are Crawford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Prairie du Chien measurements.
- Establishments in Crawford County379
- Employment at those establishments, Crawford County5,398
- Covered employment, Crawford County6,672
- Average annual pay, Crawford County$44,881
- Average weekly wage, Crawford County$863
- Housing units permitted, Crawford County49
- Of those, single family, Crawford County49
- County product, 2024, Crawford County$902,395,000
- County product change over the prior year, Crawford County-0.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Crawford County$52,866
Every figure in this section is published for Crawford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Prairie du Chien. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Prairie du Chien questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin?
5,491, in 2,192 households. Prairie du Chien city covers 5.90 square miles of land, which is 930 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Prairie du Chien in?
Crawford County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Prairie du Chien?
$54,268. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $161,300. Median gross rent is $795 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Prairie du Chien businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $370,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $4.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Prairie du Chien, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Prairie du Chien borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Prairie du Chien. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Prairie du Chien figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Crawford County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Prairie du Chien.
Is zoning published for Prairie du Chien?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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