Big Rock vs Prestbury

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and Prestbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Rock and Prestbury are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prestbury has the higher population (2,174 vs 1,208 in Big Rock). Prestbury has the higher median household income ($160,370 vs $126,667 in Big Rock). Prestbury has the higher median home value ($359,700 vs $290,100 in Big Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Prestbury
Population	1,208	2,174
Median age	40.6 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$126,667	$160,370
Median home value	$290,100	$359,700
Housing units	442	755
Homeownership rate	96.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Prestbury
Population	1,236 → 1,208 (-2.3%)	1,584 → 2,174 (+37.2%)
Median household income	$96,369 → $126,667 (+31.4%)	$95,481 → $160,370 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $290,100 (+22.2%)	$279,300 → $359,700 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,408 (+28.0%)	—

Big Rock

Population

1,2361,208

Median household income

$96,369$126,667

Median home value

$237,400$290,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,408

Prestbury

Population

1,5842,174

Median household income

$95,481$160,370

Median home value

$279,300$359,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Prestbury
Under 5	7.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	2.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	19.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.1%
75 and over	8.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Prestbury
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Prestbury
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Prestbury
Drove alone	67.9%	68.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.9%
Public transit	1.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Prestbury
1-unit, detached	97.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Prestbury
Poverty rate	4.6%	1.9%
Average household size	2.86	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	54
Median year structure built	1972	1991