Prairie City vs Tennessee

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

Prairie City and Tennessee 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 132 in Tennessee). Tennessee has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $36,250 in Prairie City). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $70,000 in Tennessee).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie City	Tennessee
Population	386	132
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$65,000
Median home value	$80,400	$70,000
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	166	87
Homeownership rate	85.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie City	Tennessee
Population	389 → 386 (-0.8%)	101 → 132 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$26,071 → $36,250 (+39.0%)	$35,313 → $65,000 (+84.1%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $80,400 (+33.1%)	$70,800 → $70,000 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $933 (+52.2%)	$608 → $883 (+45.2%)

Prairie City

Population

389386

Median household income

$26,071$36,250

Median home value

$60,400$80,400

Median gross rent

$613$933

Tennessee

Population

101132

Median household income

$35,313$65,000

Median home value

$70,800$70,000

Median gross rent

$608$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie City	Tennessee
Under 5	8.0%	15.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.8%
75 and over	5.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie City	Tennessee
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	96.2%
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%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie City	Tennessee
No high school diploma	10.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie City	Tennessee
Drove alone	94.4%	63.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie City	Tennessee
1-unit, detached	86.1%	50.6%
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%	49.4%

Poverty & households

	Prairie City	Tennessee
Poverty rate	14.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1952	1975