Wisconsin · Census place 5565100

Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin

Prairie du Sac is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,358 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,358; #166 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: -1.5%; -65 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi; + 0.12 sq mi water
Density: 2,190 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Prairie du Sac. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Prairie du Sac population, 2020 to 2024

Prairie du Sac lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,425. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prairie du Sac covers 1.99 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 2,190 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Prairie du Sac is denser than the typical town.

What county Prairie du Sac is in

All of Prairie du Sac's residents live in Sauk County, which had 66,486 residents in 2024. Prairie du Sac holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Prairie du Sac

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prairie du Sac by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53578. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Prairie du Sac is

The Census internal point of Prairie du Sac is at 43.293900, -89.735200. Madison, the capital, is 23.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baraboo, WI (13,096 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 20.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.293900, -89.735200
DMS: 43°17'38.04"N 89°44'6.72"W
UTM: 16N 278118.7E 4797085.9N
Geohash: dp8nq12v4
Plus code: 86MG77V7+HW

Daylight in Prairie du Sac

At 43.29° N, Prairie du Sac gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prairie du Sac

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Sauk City, 1.4 miles away, with 3,471 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prairie du Sac, WI?

4,358 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (1.5%) from 4,423 in July 2020.

What county is Prairie du Sac in?

Sauk County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Prairie du Sac?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53578.

How far is Prairie du Sac from Madison?

23.3 miles (37.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Prairie du Sac.

What is the nearest larger city to Prairie du Sac?

Baraboo, WI, with 13,096 residents, 12.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.