Capron vs Garden Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Capron and Garden Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Capron and Garden Prairie are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Capron has the higher population (1,328 vs 560 in Garden Prairie). Capron has the higher median household income ($97,643 vs $42,188 in Garden Prairie). Capron has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $108,000 in Garden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Capron	Garden Prairie
Population	1,328	560
Median age	29.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,643	$42,188
Median home value	$155,800	$108,000
Median gross rent	$769	—
Housing units	405	158
Homeownership rate	78.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capron	Garden Prairie
Population	1,578 → 1,328 (-15.8%)	325 → 560 (+72.3%)
Median household income	$65,405 → $97,643 (+49.3%)	$43,313 → $42,188 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $155,800 (+36.9%)	$89,000 → $108,000 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $769 (+18.7%)	—

Capron

Population

1,5781,328

Median household income

$65,405$97,643

Median home value

$113,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$648$769

Garden Prairie

Population

325560

Median household income

$43,313$42,188

Median home value

$89,000$108,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capron	Garden Prairie
Under 5	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.0%	32.9%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	2.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	3.6%	15.4%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capron	Garden Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capron	Garden Prairie
No high school diploma	21.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capron	Garden Prairie
Drove alone	79.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capron	Garden Prairie
1-unit, detached	85.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Capron	Garden Prairie
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.7%
Average household size	3.75	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1980	1952