New Douglas vs Prairietown

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

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

New Douglas has the higher population (320 vs 189 in Prairietown). Prairietown has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $48,500 in New Douglas). Prairietown has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $85,500 in New Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	New Douglas	Prairietown
Population	320	189
Median age	46.3 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$84,766
Median home value	$85,500	$109,500
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	175	79
Homeownership rate	81.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Douglas	Prairietown
Population	296 → 320 (+8.1%)	298 → 189 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $48,500 (-15.7%)	$90,274 → $84,766 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $85,500 (-18.5%)	$107,200 → $109,500 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $738 (-6.0%)	—

New Douglas

Population

296320

Median household income

$57,500$48,500

Median home value

$104,900$85,500

Median gross rent

$785$738

Prairietown

Population

298189

Median household income

$90,274$84,766

Median home value

$107,200$109,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Douglas	Prairietown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	27.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	50.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	0.0%
75 and over	11.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Douglas	Prairietown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	6.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Douglas	Prairietown
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Douglas	Prairietown
Drove alone	80.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Douglas	Prairietown
1-unit, detached	88.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Douglas	Prairietown
Poverty rate	15.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1951	1955