Prairie City vs Sciota

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

Prairie City and Sciota 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 72 in Sciota). Sciota has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Sciota has the higher median home value ($103,900 vs $80,400 in Prairie City).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie City	Sciota
Population	386	72
Median age	43.9 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$117,500
Median home value	$80,400	$103,900
Housing units	166	40
Homeownership rate	85.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie City	Sciota
Population	389 → 386 (-0.8%)	81 → 72 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)	$55,625 → $117,500 (+111.2%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)	$59,400 → $103,900 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)	—

Prairie City

Population

389386

Median household income

$26,071$36,250

Median home value

$60,400$80,400

Median gross rent

$613$933

Sciota

Population

8172

Median household income

$55,625$117,500

Median home value

$59,400$103,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie City	Sciota
Under 5	8.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	2.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	44.4%
75 and over	5.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie City	Sciota
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie City	Sciota
No high school diploma	10.7%	16.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie City	Sciota
Drove alone	94.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie City	Sciota
1-unit, detached	86.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie City	Sciota
Poverty rate	14.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.40	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1952	1952