Prairie du Rocher vs Ruma

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

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

Ruma has the higher population (438 vs 432 in Prairie du Rocher). Ruma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $60,313 in Prairie du Rocher). Ruma has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $85,400 in Prairie du Rocher).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
Population	432	438
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$71,875
Median home value	$85,400	$125,000
Median gross rent	$713	$933
Housing units	209	158
Homeownership rate	83.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
Population	475 → 432 (-9.1%)	317 → 438 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)	$66,250 → $71,875 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)	$164,700 → $125,000 (-24.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)

Prairie du Rocher

Population

475432

Median household income

$53,125$60,313

Median home value

$79,300$85,400

Median gross rent

$775$713

Ruma

Population

317438

Median household income

$66,250$71,875

Median home value

$164,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
Under 5	7.6%	11.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.4%
75 and over	5.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
Drove alone	77.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
1-unit, detached	82.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Prairie du Rocher	Ruma
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1959	1977