Jump to a detailed profile or search site with Google Custom Search

Sun Prairie, WI (Wisconsin) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $341,150 (it was $142,300 in 2000)
Sun Prairie:

$341,150
Wisconsin:

$252,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $271,527 - $423,648

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $361,482
Here:

$361,482
State:

$308,468

Townhouses or other attached units: $264,222
Here:

$264,222
State:

$265,873

In 2-unit structures: $245,323
Here:

$245,323
State:

$203,667

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $210,369
Here:

$210,369
State:

$216,833

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $188,180
Here:

$188,180
State:

$280,537

Total population: 31,752 (Urban population: 20,104, Rural population: 101 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 15,703 (15,281 occupied: 9,628 owner occupied, 5,759 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

37%
State:

32%

Housing density: 1,645 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $265,549.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,197 (lower quartile is $1,017, upper quartile is $1,499)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,567


Median gross rent in Sun Prairie, WI in 2022: $1,302

Housing units in Sun Prairie with a mortgage: 6,855 (1,077 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 1,008 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 510

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $120,450

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $82,252

Median monthly housing costs: $1,472

Compare current foreclosures in Sun Prairie, WI:

Check out more offers in Sun Prairie, WI.
Powered by Foreclosure.com

Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2022 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1995

Median year apartment built: 2006

Household type by relationship:

Households: 36,379
  • Male householders: 7,074 (1,552 living alone), Female householders: 7,840 (3,110 living alone)
  • 7,106 spouses (7,052 opposite-sex spouses), 1,241 unmarried partners, (1,241 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 10,711 children (10,212 natural, 263 adopted, 235 stepchildren), 170 grandchildren, 347 brothers or sisters, 321 parents, 0 foster children, 338 other relatives, 1,036 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 189

Size of family households: 4,087 2-persons, 2,403 3-persons, 1,813 4-persons, 998 5-persons, 195 6-persons, 91 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,681 1-person, 897 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

6,550 married couples with children.
1,692 single-parent households (611 men, 1,081 women).

90.3% of residents of Sun Prairie speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,786 (7.7%)
(58.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.7
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

3.4
State:

4.1

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • 7no bedroom
  • 411 bedroom
  • 1,4132 bedrooms
  • 4,7123 bedrooms
  • 3,0614 bedrooms
  • 3965+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • 502no bedroom
  • 1,6211 bedroom
  • 2,7032 bedrooms
  • 7363 bedrooms
  • 1644 bedrooms
  • 355+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Sun Prairie in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sun Prairie in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 86no vehicle
  • 2,5221 vehicle
  • 5,0942 vehicles
  • 1,5453 vehicles
  • 2244 vehicles
  • 1575+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Sun Prairie in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sun Prairie in renter-occupied apartments
  • 503no vehicle
  • 3,0421 vehicle
  • 1,8272 vehicles
  • 3013 vehicles
  • 884 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 733 rooms
  • 7384 rooms
  • 1,1995 rooms
  • 2,1616 rooms
  • 1,9717 rooms
  • 1,3818 rooms
  • 2,1069+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • 4601 room
  • 5942 rooms
  • 1,6883 rooms
  • 1,5404 rooms
  • 8095 rooms
  • 2456 rooms
  • 1847 rooms
  • 1108 rooms
  • 1309+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Sun Prairie, WI
  • Sun Prairie, WI household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Sun Prairie, WI in 2022
  • 286Less than $10,000
  • 645$10,000 to $19,999
  • 720$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,046$30,000 to $39,999
  • 830$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,165$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,496$60,000 to $74,999
  • 2,211$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,704$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,326$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,838$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,981$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Sun Prairie, WI

  • Distribution of house value in Sun Prairie, WI in 2022
  • 60$15,000 to $19,999
  • 6$20,000 to $24,999
  • 10$25,000 to $29,999
  • 22$30,000 to $34,999
  • 30$80,000 to $89,999
  • 9$90,000 to $99,999
  • 27$100,000 to $124,999
  • 122$125,000 to $149,999
  • 208$150,000 to $174,999
  • 206$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,135$200,000 to $249,999
  • 1,590$250,000 to $299,999
  • 3,128$300,000 to $399,999
  • 1,683$400,000 to $499,999
  • 730$500,000 to $749,999
  • 62$750,000 to $999,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Sun Prairie, WI

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Sun Prairie, WI in 2022
  • 22Less than $100
  • 9$150 to $199
  • 27$250 to $299
  • 35$300 to $349
  • 18$450 to $499
  • 21$500 to $549
  • 14$600 to $649
  • 30$650 to $699
  • 61$700 to $749
  • 66$750 to $799
  • 487$800 to $899
  • 621$900 to $999
  • 1,931$1,000 to $1,249
  • 1,039$1,250 to $1,499
  • 1,281$1,500 to $1,999
  • 194$2,000 to $2,499
  • 32$3,500 or more
  • 69No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.7%
Number of people working at home: 4,528 (22.6% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 536
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 2,235
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 2,400
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 2,872
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 2,117
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 857
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,888
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 642
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 487
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 848
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 334
  • 90 or more minutes: 203
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Sun Prairie

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 9,509 (62.5%)
  • Carpooled: 1,189 (7.8%)
  • Taxi: 185 (1.2%)
  • Bicycle: 171 (1.1%)
  • Walked: 265 (1.7%)
  • Worked at home: 4,528 (29.7%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 1.2%Males
  • 1.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 6.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 2.0%Males
  • 3.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 2.1%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 3.0%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
  • 1,4772010 or later
  • 6852000 to 2009
  • 4231990 to 1999
  • 1271980 to 1989
  • 691970 to 1979
  • 97Before 1970
Ancestries in Sun Prairie, WI

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 4,450 (27.2%)
  • American: 1,119 (6.8%)
  • Irish: 828 (5.1%)
  • Norwegian: 778 (4.8%)
  • English: 744 (4.5%)
  • Polish: 498 (3.0%)
  • European: 393 (2.4%)
  • Scottish: 316 (1.9%)
  • Northern European: 305 (1.9%)
  • Ukrainian: 162 (1.0%)
  • Dutch: 124 (0.8%)
  • African: 124 (0.8%)
  • Scandinavian: 120 (0.7%)
  • Italian: 119 (0.7%)
  • Kenyan: 107 (0.7%)
  • Swedish: 63 (0.4%)
  • Eastern European: 40 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 35 (0.2%)
  • Portuguese: 35 (0.2%)
  • Greek: 30 (0.2%)
  • Egyptian: 29 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 24 (0.1%)
  • Liberian: 21 (0.1%)
  • Belgian: 18 (0.1%)
  • French: 15 (0.09%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.08%)
  • Finnish: 13 (0.08%)
  • Welsh: 13 (0.08%)
  • Hungarian: 12 (0.07%)
  • Czech: 11 (0.07%)
  • Armenian: 9 (0.05%)
  • Danish: 9 (0.05%)
  • Russian: 9 (0.05%)
  • Estonian: 7 (0.04%)
  • Nigerian: 6 (0.04%)
  • Serbian: 1 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

India
Sun Prairie:

27.9% (804)
Wisconsin:

8.0% (23,594)

Other Western Africa
Sun Prairie:

21.7% (624)
Wisconsin:

0.5% (1,409)

Thailand
Sun Prairie:

9.5% (272)
Wisconsin:

3.3% (9,655)

Mexico
Sun Prairie:

7.8% (224)
Wisconsin:

29.5% (87,182)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sun Prairie:

6.5% (187)
Wisconsin:

5.1% (15,165)

Kenya
Sun Prairie:

6.1% (176)
Wisconsin:

0.3% (933)

Ukraine
Sun Prairie:

5.4% (156)
Wisconsin:

0.7% (2,177)

Laos
Sun Prairie:

3.6% (105)
Wisconsin:

4.3% (12,681)

Korea
Sun Prairie:

2.2% (62)
Wisconsin:

1.8% (5,320)

Nicaragua
Sun Prairie:

1.9% (54)
Wisconsin:

1.1% (3,231)

Germany
Sun Prairie:

1.8% (52)
Wisconsin:

3.0% (8,773)

Liberia
Sun Prairie:

1.6% (45)
Wisconsin:

0.2% (574)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 22,308
  • Other state: 10,764
  • Northeast: 1,617
  • Midwest: 5,902
  • South: 1,334
  • West: 1,925

86.9% of Sun Prairie residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37.6% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 47.8% lived in Wisconsin.


Sun Prairie:

86.9%
State average:

87.7%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 55
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 2
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 49
  • 9th grade: 53
  • 10th grade: 59
  • 11th grade: 87
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 33
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,245
  • Less than 1 year of college: 553
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,084
  • Associate degree: 1,234
  • Bachelor's degree: 4,296
  • Master's degree: 1,378
  • Professional school degree: 295
  • Doctorate degree: 190
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 39
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 22
  • 9th grade: 125
  • 10th grade: 29
  • 11th grade: 85
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 106
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,727
  • Less than 1 year of college: 653
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,429
  • Associate degree: 1,203
  • Bachelor's degree: 4,438
  • Master's degree: 1,677
  • Professional school degree: 343
  • Doctorate degree: 224
Educational Attainment for Females
Sun Prairie marital status for males
Sun Prairie marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 8,052
  • One, attached: 1,760
  • Two: 536
  • 3 or 4: 1,000
  • 5 to 9: 748
  • 10 to 19: 998
  • 20 to 49: 1,453
  • 50 or more: 1,153
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.7%

House/condo owner moved in on average 9 years ago

Renter moved in on average 1 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Sun Prairie
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Sun Prairie, WI
  • 85.3%Utility gas
  • 12.0%Electricity
  • 1.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 0.4%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Sun Prairie, WI
  • 55.4%Utility gas
  • 40.4%Electricity
  • 1.7%No fuel used
  • 1.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.7%Other fuel
  • 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 607
Here:

15.0%
Wisconsin:

16.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 139
Here:

6.4%
Wisconsin:

12.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 304
Here:

20.3%
Wisconsin:

17.5%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability