Ellis Grove vs Prairie du Rocher

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

Ellis Grove 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 330 in Ellis Grove). Ellis Grove has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $60,313 in Prairie du Rocher). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $79,500 in Ellis Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
Population	330	432
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$60,313
Median home value	$79,500	$85,400
Median gross rent	$725	$713
Housing units	164	209
Homeownership rate	78.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
Population	245 → 330 (+34.7%)	475 → 432 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $68,750 (+66.7%)	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $79,500 (+4.2%)	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $725 (+6.1%)	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)

Ellis Grove

Population

245330

Median household income

$41,250$68,750

Median home value

$76,300$79,500

Median gross rent

$683$725

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)

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
Under 5	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.0%
75 and over	6.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	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	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
Drove alone	95.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
1-unit, detached	59.1%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Ellis Grove	Prairie du Rocher
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1959