Blandinsville vs Prairie City

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

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

Blandinsville has the higher population (715 vs 386 in Prairie City). Blandinsville has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $65,400 in Blandinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
Population	715	386
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$36,250
Median home value	$65,400	$80,400
Median gross rent	$691	—
Housing units	348	166
Homeownership rate	84.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
Population	752 → 715 (-4.9%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$47,153 → $52,500 (+11.3%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $65,400 (-4.2%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $691 (+21.4%)	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Blandinsville

Population

752715

Median household income

$47,153$52,500

Median home value

$68,300$65,400

Median gross rent

$569$691

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)

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
Under 5	8.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.6%
75 and over	10.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
Drove alone	84.9%	94.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	86.2%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Blandinsville	Prairie City
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1940	1952