Prairie Du Sac, WI

The affordability dashboard for Prairie Du Sac, WI aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 5,924 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (74/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $105,610, median home value of $347,000, median rent of $1,357 per month, and 43.2% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $1,111 per month (studio $807, 1BR $951, 3BR $1,404, 4BR $1,482). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $12,272 per year, consuming 12% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Prairie Du Sac, WI include income, education, rent. Unemployment currently reads 0.9% and poverty 6.1% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.