Baldwin vs Prairie du Rocher

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwin and Prairie du Rocher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie du Rocher has the higher population (432 vs 334 in Baldwin). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $50,000 in Baldwin). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $85,000 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
Population	334	432
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$60,313
Median home value	$85,000	$85,400
Median gross rent	$838	$713
Housing units	163	209
Homeownership rate	79.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
Population	317 → 334 (+5.4%)	475 → 432 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $50,000 (+16.5%)	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $838 (+1.0%)	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)

Baldwin

Population

317334

Median household income

$42,917$50,000

Median home value

$77,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$830$838

Prairie du Rocher

Population

475432

Median household income

$53,125$60,313

Median home value

$79,300$85,400

Median gross rent

$775$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
Under 5	5.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.0%
75 and over	9.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	55.5%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
Drove alone	87.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
1-unit, detached	70.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Prairie du Rocher
Poverty rate	26.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1971	1959