Belle Prairie City vs Macedonia

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

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

Belle Prairie City has the higher population (47 vs 27 in Macedonia). Belle Prairie City has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $33,500 in Macedonia). Since 2019, Belle Prairie City's population has grown faster (-23.0% vs -42.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
Population	47	27
Median age	36.3 yrs	80.9 yrs
Median home value	$121,900	$33,500
Housing units	21	32
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
Population	61 → 47 (-23.0%)	47 → 27 (-42.6%)
Median household income	—	$26,250 → $22,500 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $121,900 (+8.4%)	$132,800 → $33,500 (-74.8%)

Belle Prairie City

Population

6147

Median home value

$112,500$121,900

Macedonia

Population

4727

Median household income

$26,250$22,500

Median home value

$132,800$33,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
Under 5	17.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.1%
75 and over	4.3%	66.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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	Macedonia
No high school diploma	17.1%	48.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
1-unit, detached	81.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	19.0%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Belle Prairie City	Macedonia
Poverty rate	25.5%	33.3%
Average household size	2.24	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1992	1946