Moro vs Prairietown

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

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

Moro has the higher population (337 vs 189 in Prairietown). Prairietown has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $84,744 in Moro). Moro has the higher median home value ($251,300 vs $109,500 in Prairietown).

Population, income & housing

	Moro	Prairietown
Population	337	189
Median age	37.7 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,744	$84,766
Median home value	$251,300	$109,500
Housing units	109	79
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moro	Prairietown
Population	362 → 337 (-6.9%)	298 → 189 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$47,042 → $84,744 (+80.1%)	$90,274 → $84,766 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $251,300 (+16.8%)	$107,200 → $109,500 (+2.1%)

Moro

Population

362337

Median household income

$47,042$84,744

Median home value

$215,100$251,300

Prairietown

Population

298189

Median household income

$90,274$84,766

Median home value

$107,200$109,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moro	Prairietown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	2.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	26.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	27.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	50.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	3.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moro	Prairietown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moro	Prairietown
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	37.0%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moro	Prairietown
Drove alone	98.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moro	Prairietown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moro	Prairietown
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1966	1955