Oakwood Hills vs Prairie Grove

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

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

Oakwood Hills has the higher population (2,454 vs 1,992 in Prairie Grove). Prairie Grove has the higher median household income ($138,229 vs $113,125 in Oakwood Hills). Prairie Grove has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $273,200 in Oakwood Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
Population	2,454	1,992
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$138,229
Median home value	$273,200	$439,100
Median gross rent	$1,667	$2,110
Housing units	960	765
Homeownership rate	91.9%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
Population	2,336 → 2,454 (+5.1%)	1,805 → 1,992 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$96,719 → $113,125 (+17.0%)	$118,672 → $138,229 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $273,200 (+23.6%)	$371,100 → $439,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,667 (+32.8%)	$1,619 → $2,110 (+30.3%)

Oakwood Hills

Population

2,3362,454

Median household income

$96,719$113,125

Median home value

$221,100$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,667

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)

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
Under 5	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	20.5%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	79.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.9%	2.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	23.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	94.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	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	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood Hills	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1980	2001