Bushnell vs Prairie City

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

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

Bushnell has the higher population (2,763 vs 386 in Prairie City). Bushnell has the higher median household income ($55,368 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $69,100 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	Prairie City
Population	2,763	386
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,368	$36,250
Median home value	$69,100	$80,400
Median gross rent	$619	—
Housing units	1,475	166
Homeownership rate	67.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	Prairie City
Population	2,775 → 2,763 (-0.4%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $55,368 (+20.8%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $69,100 (-3.9%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $619 (+38.8%)	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Bushnell

Population

2,7752,763

Median household income

$45,833$55,368

Median home value

$71,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$446$619

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)

	Bushnell	Prairie City
Under 5	9.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	16.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	Prairie City
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	Prairie City
Drove alone	84.2%	94.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	82.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	Prairie City
Poverty rate	12.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1951	1952