Best PlacesPrairie Du Sac, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Du Sac, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prairie Du Sac ranks 4,357th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prairie Du Sac
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Prairie Du Sac's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Du Sac ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Prairie Du Sac ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,054 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 76 pleasant days a year, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Du Sac
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Du Sac home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,731, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Prairie Du Sac's effective rate of 1.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prairie Du Sac
Prairie Du Sac's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prairie Du Sac.
Who works in Prairie Du Sac, and how
Work in Prairie Du Sac centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prairie Du Sac
Prairie Du Sac has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Prairie Du Sac and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prairie Du Sac, month by month
Prairie Du Sac sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Du Sac
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prairie Du Sac
Schools across Prairie Du Sac average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grand Avenue ElementaryB+ · 50% proficient
- Tower Rock ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Merrimac CommunityB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sauk Prairie MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Sauk Prairie HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Du Sac school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Du Sac measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Prairie Du Sac against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairie Du Sac
Is Prairie Du Sac a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Du Sac ranks 4,357th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prairie Du Sac expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,728. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $98,731 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Prairie Du Sac safe?
Yes, Prairie Du Sac is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Du Sac with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Du Sac. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Du Sac represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Prairie Du Sac detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Du Sac: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Du Sac: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Du Sac: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Du Sac: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Du Sac detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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