Burnt Prairie vs Crossville

A side-by-side comparison of Burnt Prairie and Crossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crossville has the higher population (749 vs 92 in Burnt Prairie). Burnt Prairie has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $40,682 in Crossville). Crossville has the higher median home value ($61,300 vs $56,000 in Burnt Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
Population	92	749
Median age	28.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	$40,682
Median home value	$56,000	$61,300
Median gross rent	—	$313
Housing units	42	347
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
Population	44 → 92 (+109.1%)	802 → 749 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $117,500 (+248.1%)	$43,864 → $40,682 (-7.3%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $56,000 (+4.7%)	$51,400 → $61,300 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$458 → $313 (-31.7%)

Burnt Prairie

Population

4492

Median household income

$33,750$117,500

Median home value

$53,500$56,000

Crossville

Population

802749

Median household income

$43,864$40,682

Median home value

$51,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$458$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
Under 5	3.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	32.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	2.2%	25.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.3%
75 and over	10.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
Drove alone	98.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
1-unit, detached	73.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Prairie	Crossville
Poverty rate	14.1%	19.8%
Average household size	3.83	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1943	1955