Prairie Grove vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (2,530 vs 1,992 in Prairie Grove). Prairie Grove has the higher median household income ($138,229 vs $70,379 in Richmond). Prairie Grove has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $225,800 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
Population	1,992	2,530
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,229	$70,379
Median home value	$439,100	$225,800
Median gross rent	$2,110	$1,183
Housing units	765	1,373
Homeownership rate	92.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
Population	1,805 → 1,992 (+10.4%)	2,061 → 2,530 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$118,672 → $138,229 (+16.5%)	$49,205 → $70,379 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$371,100 → $439,100 (+18.3%)	$188,000 → $225,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,619 → $2,110 (+30.3%)	$938 → $1,183 (+26.1%)

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

Richmond

Population

2,0612,530

Median household income

$49,205$70,379

Median home value

$188,000$225,800

Median gross rent

$938$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
Under 5	7.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
Drove alone	71.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	9.1%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	9.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
1-unit, detached	74.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	33.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Grove	Richmond
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	2001	1991