Bardolph vs Prairie City

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

Bardolph 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 226 in Bardolph). Prairie City has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $26,111 in Bardolph). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $49,200 in Bardolph).

Population, income & housing

	Bardolph	Prairie City
Population	226	386
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,111	$36,250
Median home value	$49,200	$80,400
Housing units	152	166
Homeownership rate	91.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardolph	Prairie City
Population	289 → 226 (-21.8%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $26,111 (+1.1%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$28,600 → $49,200 (+72.0%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Bardolph

Population

289226

Median household income

$25,833$26,111

Median home value

$28,600$49,200

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)

	Bardolph	Prairie City
Under 5	5.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	16.6%
75 and over	6.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardolph	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	0.9%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardolph	Prairie City
No high school diploma	15.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	49.1%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardolph	Prairie City
Drove alone	63.1%	94.4%
Carpooled	24.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardolph	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	77.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Bardolph	Prairie City
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.3%
Average household size	1.82	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1955	1952