Burnt Prairie vs Enfield

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

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

Enfield has the higher population (497 vs 92 in Burnt Prairie). Burnt Prairie has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $39,063 in Enfield). Enfield has the higher median home value ($59,600 vs $56,000 in Burnt Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
Population	92	497
Median age	28.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	$39,063
Median home value	$56,000	$59,600
Median gross rent	—	$450
Housing units	42	243
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
Population	44 → 92 (+109.1%)	521 → 497 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $117,500 (+248.1%)	$32,222 → $39,063 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $56,000 (+4.7%)	$45,000 → $59,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$467 → $450 (-3.6%)

Burnt Prairie

Population

4492

Median household income

$33,750$117,500

Median home value

$53,500$56,000

Enfield

Population

521497

Median household income

$32,222$39,063

Median home value

$45,000$59,600

Median gross rent

$467$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	32.6%	14.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	2.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.7%
75 and over	10.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	53.2%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
Drove alone	98.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
1-unit, detached	73.8%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Prairie	Enfield
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.6%
Average household size	3.83	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1943	1951