Buffalo Prairie vs Taylor Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Prairie and Taylor Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taylor Ridge has the higher population (237 vs 0 in Buffalo Prairie). Since 2019, Taylor Ridge's population has grown faster (+66.9% vs -100.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
Population	0	237
Median age	—	49.9 yrs
Median home value	—	$162,500
Housing units	0	122
Homeownership rate	—	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	23.0%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
Population	27 → 0 (-100.0%)	142 → 237 (+66.9%)
Median home value	—	$140,900 → $162,500 (+15.3%)

Buffalo Prairie

Population

270

Taylor Ridge

Population

142237

Median home value

$140,900$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
Under 5	—	3.0%
5 to 17	—	24.5%
18 to 24	—	4.6%
25 to 34	—	3.8%
35 to 44	—	3.8%
45 to 54	—	11.8%
55 to 64	—	0.0%
65 to 74	—	19.4%
75 and over	—	29.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	—	100.0%
Black or African American	—	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.0%
Two or more races	—	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
No high school diploma	—	0.0%
High school graduate	—	32.3%
Some college or associate's	—	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	—	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	—	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
1-unit, detached	—	100.0%
1-unit, attached	—	0.0%
2 to 4 units	—	0.0%
5 to 19 units	—	0.0%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Prairie	Taylor Ridge
Poverty rate	—	0.0%
Average household size	—	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	—	1956