Pleasant Prairie is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 15,880 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Pleasant Prairie is the 44th largest community in Wisconsin.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pleasant Prairie is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Prairie is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Prairie who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.97%), sales jobs (11.28%), and management occupations (9.43%).

Also of interest is that Pleasant Prairie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Pleasant Prairie is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pleasant Prairie really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pleasant Prairie perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Pleasant Prairie is a very car-oriented village. This is because most people - 98.3% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Pleasant Prairie.

Pleasant Prairie Information and Demographics

The education level of Pleasant Prairie citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 27.22% of adults in Pleasant Prairie have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pleasant Prairie in 2000 was $26,087, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,348 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Pleasant Prairie home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pleasant Prairie is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Prairie include German, Italian, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.