Garden Prairie vs Timberlane

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

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

Timberlane has the higher population (1,291 vs 560 in Garden Prairie). Timberlane has the higher median household income ($194,286 vs $42,188 in Garden Prairie). Timberlane has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $108,000 in Garden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
Population	560	1,291
Median age	43.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$194,286
Median home value	$108,000	$349,700
Housing units	158	412
Homeownership rate	85.4%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
Population	325 → 560 (+72.3%)	1,031 → 1,291 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$43,313 → $42,188 (-2.6%)	$140,125 → $194,286 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $108,000 (+21.3%)	$272,300 → $349,700 (+28.4%)

Garden Prairie

Population

325560

Median household income

$43,313$42,188

Median home value

$89,000$108,000

Timberlane

Population

1,0311,291

Median household income

$140,125$194,286

Median home value

$272,300$349,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
Under 5	8.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	32.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	2.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	17.7%	24.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	5.1%
75 and over	0.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
Drove alone	100.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
1-unit, detached	73.4%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Prairie	Timberlane
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.7%
Average household size	3.54	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1952	2003