Port Barrington vs Prairie Grove

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

Port Barrington 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 1,574 in Port Barrington). Port Barrington has the higher median household income ($144,167 vs $138,229 in Prairie Grove). Prairie Grove has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $361,300 in Port Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
Population	1,574	1,992
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$144,167	$138,229
Median home value	$361,300	$439,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,110
Housing units	578	765
Homeownership rate	93.5%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
Population	1,676 → 1,574 (-6.1%)	1,805 → 1,992 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$137,583 → $144,167 (+4.8%)	$118,672 → $138,229 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$301,200 → $361,300 (+20.0%)	$371,100 → $439,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $1,779 (+3.7%)	$1,619 → $2,110 (+30.3%)

Port Barrington

Population

1,6761,574

Median household income

$137,583$144,167

Median home value

$301,200$361,300

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,779

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)

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
Under 5	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	3.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	70.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.3%
Public transit	2.5%	2.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	23.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	91.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Barrington	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	2.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	2001	2001