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Cost of living in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin has about 21,669 people. Typical rent is $1,458 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $103,902 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #138 in Wisconsin on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,458 a month.

Pleasant Prairie is a village in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $103,902 a year.

People
21,669
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,458
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$103,902
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$360,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,441
Kenosha, WI MSA
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin has about 21,669 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $360,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Kenosha County is $1,441 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Pleasant Prairie. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Kenosha, WI metro area, prices sit at 101.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Pleasant Prairie's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Pleasant Prairie's bill.

EIA does not publish a Wisconsin gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Wisconsin shares this price.

Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 21 have higher typical rent than Pleasant Prairie.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.