Alhambra vs Prairietown

A side-by-side comparison of Alhambra and Prairietown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alhambra has the higher population (608 vs 189 in Prairietown). Prairietown has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $68,500 in Alhambra). Alhambra has the higher median home value ($154,300 vs $109,500 in Prairietown).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Prairietown
Population	608	189
Median age	48.9 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$84,766
Median home value	$154,300	$109,500
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	246	79
Homeownership rate	75.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Prairietown
Population	612 → 608 (-0.7%)	298 → 189 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $68,500 (+55.3%)	$90,274 → $84,766 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $154,300 (+31.8%)	$107,200 → $109,500 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $788 (+27.3%)	—

Alhambra

Population

612608

Median household income

$44,107$68,500

Median home value

$117,100$154,300

Median gross rent

$619$788

Prairietown

Population

298189

Median household income

$90,274$84,766

Median home value

$107,200$109,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Prairietown
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	27.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	50.8%
65 to 74	18.3%	0.0%
75 and over	16.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Prairietown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Prairietown
No high school diploma	13.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Prairietown
Drove alone	91.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Prairietown
1-unit, detached	81.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Prairietown
Poverty rate	13.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1966	1955