Dell PrairieWI
A town of 1,731, settled in 1852.
Is Dell Prairie a good place to live?
Dell Prairie’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. On cost of living, just 20 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Dell Prairie has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Dell Prairie for work
Where Dell Prairie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Dell Prairie grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Dell Prairie is from typical.
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Moving to Dell Prairie: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dell Prairie, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dell Prairie.
Most of Dell Prairie’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
Since 2013, Dell Prairie has lost 433 jobs, to 235 in 2023. For most workers, Dell Prairie is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Also worth knowing: 7.5% of Dell Prairie workers work from home, below both the Wisconsin town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (17%), Lake Delton (12%) and Portage (7%).
| Dell Prairie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Dell Prairie’s year
Dell Prairie’s typical July afternoon high stands at 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dell Prairie is less healthy than 59% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Dell Prairie, 31% feel lonely. 30% of Dell Prairie adults get no exercise outside work, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 25%. In Dell Prairie, nearly a fifth of adults binge drink, and 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Dell Prairie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Dell Prairie | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.8% | 13.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.5% | 9.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.2% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dell Prairie has set aside 2.2% of its land for conservation
The concentration of trails for Dell Prairie comes to 0.1 miles per square mile. 3.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 455 acres.
| Dell Prairie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dells of the Wisconsin River State Natural Area | 1.2 mi | 455 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Dell Prairie: inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 51% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Dell Prairie, 46% come from inland flooding and 24% from cold waves. Federal aid has come to Dell Prairie households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dells of the Wisconsin River and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dell Prairie. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Canyon & gorgeDells of the Wisconsin River6 mi Theme parkNoah's Ark Water Park
18 mi Park & preserveIce Age Trail
6 mi Theme parkMt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
19 mi State parkDevil's Lake State Park
16 mi MuseumCircus World MuseumPhoto credits
Dells of the Wisconsin River: atramos, CC BY 2.0 · Ice Age Trail: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Devil's Lake State Park: CrispAir at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Circus World Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2
Everything we know about Dell Prairie
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Dell Prairie; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Dell Prairie residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Dell Prairie
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Dell Prairie is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,631 at the 2020 census, up from 1,590 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Plainville is located in the town.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
- Elevation
- 988 ft
- Area code
- 608
Dell Prairie’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Dell Prairie.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Prairie | — | — | D | — | B− | C+ |
| Wisconsin Dells | #281 | C+ | B | — | B− | B |
| Lyndon | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C |
| New Haven | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Springville | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Kildare | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dell Prairie, Lyndon and Springville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dell Prairie, Wisconsin Dells, Lyndon and Springville report no FBI crime data of their own. New Haven, Kildare and Newport aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Dell Prairie with a neighbor →