Good Hope vs Prairie City

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

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

Good Hope has the higher population (397 vs 386 in Prairie City). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Good Hope has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $80,400 in Prairie City).

Population, income & housing

	Good Hope	Prairie City
Population	397	386
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$36,250
Median home value	$95,900	$80,400
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	174	166
Homeownership rate	82.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Hope	Prairie City
Population	409 → 397 (-2.9%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,063 (+51.4%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $95,900 (+24.9%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $788 (+19.2%)	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Good Hope

Population

409397

Median household income

$45,625$69,063

Median home value

$76,800$95,900

Median gross rent

$661$788

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)

	Good Hope	Prairie City
Under 5	5.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	16.6%
75 and over	8.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Hope	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.8%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Hope	Prairie City
No high school diploma	3.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Hope	Prairie City
Drove alone	87.1%	94.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Hope	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	83.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Good Hope	Prairie City
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1968	1952