Prairietown vs Williamson

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

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

Prairietown has the higher population (189 vs 164 in Williamson). Prairietown has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $56,667 in Williamson). Prairietown has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $75,500 in Williamson).

Population, income & housing

	Prairietown	Williamson
Population	189	164
Median age	58.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,766	$56,667
Median home value	$109,500	$75,500
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	79	97
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairietown	Williamson
Population	298 → 189 (-36.6%)	215 → 164 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$90,274 → $84,766 (-6.1%)	$53,750 → $56,667 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $109,500 (+2.1%)	$57,600 → $75,500 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$931 → $779 (-16.3%)

Prairietown

Population

298189

Median household income

$90,274$84,766

Median home value

$107,200$109,500

Williamson

Population

215164

Median household income

$53,750$56,667

Median home value

$57,600$75,500

Median gross rent

$931$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairietown	Williamson
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	27.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	50.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	20.7%
75 and over	0.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairietown	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	93.9%
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	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairietown	Williamson
No high school diploma	11.6%	23.2%
High school graduate	37.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairietown	Williamson
Drove alone	86.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairietown	Williamson
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
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%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Prairietown	Williamson
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.39	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1955	1946