Percy vs Prairie du Rocher

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

Percy 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.

Percy has the higher population (1,014 vs 432 in Prairie du Rocher). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $42,813 in Percy). Percy has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $85,400 in Prairie du Rocher).

Population, income & housing

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
Population	1,014	432
Median age	30.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$60,313
Median home value	$88,500	$85,400
Median gross rent	$714	$713
Housing units	515	209
Homeownership rate	57.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
Population	958 → 1,014 (+5.8%)	475 → 432 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$36,213 → $42,813 (+18.2%)	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $714 (+5.0%)	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)

Percy

Population

9581,014

Median household income

$36,213$42,813

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$680$714

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)

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
Under 5	9.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
No high school diploma	23.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
Drove alone	79.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
1-unit, detached	64.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Percy	Prairie du Rocher
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1973	1959