Bull Valley vs Prairie Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Valley and Prairie Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie Grove has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,121 in Bull Valley). Bull Valley has the higher median household income ($185,417 vs $138,229 in Prairie Grove). Bull Valley has the higher median home value ($460,700 vs $439,100 in Prairie Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
Population	1,121	1,992
Median age	57.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$185,417	$138,229
Median home value	$460,700	$439,100
Median gross rent	$3,292	$2,110
Housing units	499	765
Homeownership rate	93.6%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
Population	1,156 → 1,121 (-3.0%)	1,805 → 1,992 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$107,083 → $185,417 (+73.2%)	$118,672 → $138,229 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$383,200 → $460,700 (+20.2%)	$371,100 → $439,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,292 (-6.0%)	$1,619 → $2,110 (+30.3%)

Bull Valley

Population

1,1561,121

Median household income

$107,083$185,417

Median home value

$383,200$460,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,292

Prairie Grove

Population

1,8051,992

Median household income

$118,672$138,229

Median home value

$371,100$439,100

Median gross rent

$1,619$2,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
Under 5	2.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	20.4%	8.5%
75 and over	11.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	13.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	69.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	1.3%
Public transit	1.5%	2.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	23.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Valley	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1980	2001