Garden Prairie vs Poplar Grove

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

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

Poplar Grove has the higher population (4,202 vs 560 in Garden Prairie). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($93,409 vs $42,188 in Garden Prairie). Poplar Grove has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $108,000 in Garden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
Population	560	4,202
Median age	43.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$93,409
Median home value	$108,000	$253,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,443
Housing units	158	1,581
Homeownership rate	85.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
Population	325 → 560 (+72.3%)	5,270 → 4,202 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$43,313 → $42,188 (-2.6%)	$75,815 → $93,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $108,000 (+21.3%)	$159,900 → $253,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,625 → $1,443 (-11.2%)

Garden Prairie

Population

325560

Median household income

$43,313$42,188

Median home value

$89,000$108,000

Poplar Grove

Population

5,2704,202

Median household income

$75,815$93,409

Median home value

$159,900$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
Under 5	8.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	32.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	2.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	6.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	100.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	73.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Garden Prairie	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.7%
Average household size	3.54	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1952	2002