ZIP 53821 · Prairie Du Chien
Who lives in ZIP code 53821 (Prairie Du Chien, WI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Prairie Du Chien, WI · Crawford County
uszips 2026
People7,780
Median age48.0
Household income$60,647
Home value$168,218
Median rent$801/mo
Poverty14.1%
College degree+18.0%
Commute17 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 31 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,196
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.0% are 65 or older; 83.0% are adults.
Household income
27.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,633.
Education (adults 25+)
43.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 48.5%
- Never married
- 30.4%
- Divorced
- 15.8%
- Widowed
- 5.3%
- Family size
- 2.73
- Dual-income families
- 43.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 70.9%
- Rent burden
- 22.8%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 53.1%
- Unemployment
- 1.9%
- Self-employed
- 9.1%
- Farmers
- 3.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 15.1%
- Veterans
- 6.7%
- With a disability
- 14.8%
- No health insurance
- 5.6%
- Limited English
- 0.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.