Adair vs Prairie City

A side-by-side comparison of Adair and Prairie City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie City has the higher population (386 vs 148 in Adair). Adair has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $80,400 in Prairie City). Since 2019, Prairie City's population has grown faster (-0.8% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Adair	Prairie City
Population	148	386
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,250
Median home value	$86,300	$80,400
Housing units	120	166
Homeownership rate	67.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair	Prairie City
Population	205 → 148 (-27.8%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$77,222 → $78,026 (+1.0%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $86,300 (+6.7%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Adair

Population

205148

Median household income

$77,222$78,026

Median home value

$80,900$86,300

Prairie City

Population

389386

Median household income

$26,071$36,250

Median home value

$60,400$80,400

Median gross rent

$613$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair	Prairie City
Under 5	4.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	77.7%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair	Prairie City
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair	Prairie City
Drove alone	57.6%	94.4%
Carpooled	34.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	78.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Adair	Prairie City
Poverty rate	14.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1947	1952