Prairie Farm, Wisconsin

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Prairie Farm is a village in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 508 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Prairie Farm, on eastern shore of the Prairie Farm Flowage, a reservoir on the Hay River.

[edit] Geography

Prairie Farm is located at 45°14′18″N, 91°58′50″W (45.238443, -91.980591)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (4.00%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 508 people, 199 households, and 119 families residing in the village. The population density was 202.2/km² (524.1/mi²). There were 208 housing units at an average density of 82.8/km² (214.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.41% White, 0.39% Native American, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.15% of the population.

There were 199 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $38,000, and the median income for a family was $41,667. Males had a median income of $27,206 versus $21,917 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,638. About 5.8% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.