Grantfork vs Prairietown

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

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

Grantfork has the higher population (468 vs 189 in Prairietown). Grantfork has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $84,766 in Prairietown). Grantfork has the higher median home value ($195,500 vs $109,500 in Prairietown).

Population, income & housing

	Grantfork	Prairietown
Population	468	189
Median age	36.7 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$84,766
Median home value	$195,500	$109,500
Housing units	185	79
Homeownership rate	98.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantfork	Prairietown
Population	331 → 468 (+41.4%)	298 → 189 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $103,750 (+37.4%)	$90,274 → $84,766 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$144,100 → $195,500 (+35.7%)	$107,200 → $109,500 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,042 (+30.3%)	—

Grantfork

Population

331468

Median household income

$75,536$103,750

Median home value

$144,100$195,500

Median gross rent

$800$1,042

Prairietown

Population

298189

Median household income

$90,274$84,766

Median home value

$107,200$109,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantfork	Prairietown
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	27.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	50.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	0.0%
75 and over	2.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantfork	Prairietown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantfork	Prairietown
No high school diploma	1.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	21.8%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantfork	Prairietown
Drove alone	75.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantfork	Prairietown
1-unit, detached	95.1%	100.0%
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	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grantfork	Prairietown
Poverty rate	2.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1985	1955