Brice Prairie, Wisconsin

La Crosse County

55-09465

Brice Prairie is a settlement on community- free area in La Crosse County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Brice Prairie had 1887 inhabitants.

Brice Prairie is part of the nationwide multi-state metropolitan region La Crosse Metropolitan Area.

Geography

Brice Prairie is located in western Wisconsin, at the mouth of the Black River in the Lake Onalaska dammed Mississippi, which forms the border with Minnesota. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa is located 56.1 km south.

Brice Prairie is located in the Driftless Area mentioned glacially shaped region that stretches across the southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. In the last ice age, the Wisconsin Glaciation so-called, the region remained free of ice, so that the river valleys were cut deep into the plateau during this time.

The geographical coordinates of Brice Prairie are 43 ° 56'19 " north latitude and 91 ° 18'00 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 11.7 km ² and is part of the Town of Onalaska.

Neighboring towns of Brice Prairie are Holmen (9.2 km north-east ) and Onalaska (10 km southeast). Dakota is located on the opposite bank of the Mississippi in Minnesota, but is by road 26.8 km away.

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan ( 329 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 341 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital Madison (234 km southeast), Rockford, Illinois ( 340 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 327 km south-southeast ), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (277 km south-southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota (130 miles west) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (240 km north-west ).

Traffic

The four-lane U.S. Highway 53 runs near the northeastern city limits. The Wisconsin State Highway 35 passes in less than a kilometer away on Brice Prairie. Through the town lead the County Highway Z, ZB, ZM and ZN. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

Along the Mississippi River runs along the eastern Ortsrandes for freight railway line of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.

The nearest airport is the La Crosse Regional Airport, located 17.6 km south.

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Brice Prairie 1887 people in 704 households. The population density was 161.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 704 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.3 percent were between 18 and 64, and 9.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 78,125. The per capita income was $ 30,660. 3.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.