Industry vs Prairie City

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

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

Industry has the higher population (633 vs 386 in Prairie City). Industry has the higher median household income ($54,306 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Industry has the higher median home value ($82,000 vs $80,400 in Prairie City).

Population, income & housing

	Industry	Prairie City
Population	633	386
Median age	29.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$36,250
Median home value	$82,000	$80,400
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	273	166
Homeownership rate	85.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Industry	Prairie City
Population	425 → 633 (+48.9%)	389 → 386 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $54,306 (-13.5%)	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $82,000 (+27.9%)	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $776 (-16.1%)	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)

Industry

Population

425633

Median household income

$62,750$54,306

Median home value

$64,100$82,000

Median gross rent

$925$776

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)

	Industry	Prairie City
Under 5	8.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	27.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	16.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Industry	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Industry	Prairie City
No high school diploma	3.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	46.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Industry	Prairie City
Drove alone	85.5%	94.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Industry	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	90.8%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Industry	Prairie City
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1963	1952