Pistakee Highlands vs Prairie Grove

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

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

Pistakee Highlands has the higher population (3,214 vs 1,992 in Prairie Grove). Prairie Grove has the higher median household income ($138,229 vs $92,304 in Pistakee Highlands). Prairie Grove has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $198,700 in Pistakee Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
Population	3,214	1,992
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,304	$138,229
Median home value	$198,700	$439,100
Median gross rent	$1,864	$2,110
Housing units	1,326	765
Homeownership rate	88.5%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
Population	3,217 → 3,214 (-0.1%)	1,805 → 1,992 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$70,404 → $92,304 (+31.1%)	$118,672 → $138,229 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $198,700 (+30.2%)	$371,100 → $439,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,864 (+52.5%)	$1,619 → $2,110 (+30.3%)

Pistakee Highlands

Population

3,2173,214

Median household income

$70,404$92,304

Median home value

$152,600$198,700

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,864

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)

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
Under 5	4.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	82.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	23.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	99.2%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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

	Pistakee Highlands	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1965	2001