Evansville vs Prairie du Rocher

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

Evansville 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.

Evansville has the higher population (781 vs 432 in Prairie du Rocher). Evansville has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $60,313 in Prairie du Rocher). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
Population	781	432
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$60,313
Median home value	$84,700	$85,400
Median gross rent	$775	$713
Housing units	371	209
Homeownership rate	80.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
Population	654 → 781 (+19.4%)	475 → 432 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

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)

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
Under 5	4.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	20.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	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	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
Drove alone	84.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.5%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
1-unit, detached	79.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Prairie du Rocher
Poverty rate	20.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1949	1959