Belle Prairie City vs Dahlgren

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Prairie City and Dahlgren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dahlgren has the higher population (631 vs 47 in Belle Prairie City). Belle Prairie City has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $68,800 in Dahlgren). Since 2019, Dahlgren's population has grown faster (+4.0% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
Population	47	631
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	$121,900	$68,800
Median gross rent	—	$814
Housing units	21	227
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
Population	61 → 47 (-23.0%)	607 → 631 (+4.0%)
Median household income	—	$43,958 → $47,500 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $121,900 (+8.4%)	$62,500 → $68,800 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $814 (+38.0%)

Belle Prairie City

Population

6147

Median home value

$112,500$121,900

Dahlgren

Population

607631

Median household income

$43,958$47,500

Median home value

$62,500$68,800

Median gross rent

$590$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
Under 5	17.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	4.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	23.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	6.3%
75 and over	4.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
No high school diploma	17.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	34.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
Drove alone	100.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
1-unit, detached	81.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Belle Prairie City	Dahlgren
Poverty rate	25.5%	19.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1992	1965