Burnt Prairie vs Mill Shoals

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

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

Mill Shoals has the higher population (138 vs 92 in Burnt Prairie). Burnt Prairie has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $58,542 in Mill Shoals). Mill Shoals has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $56,000 in Burnt Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
Population	92	138
Median age	28.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	$58,542
Median home value	$56,000	$60,000
Housing units	42	76
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
Population	44 → 92 (+109.1%)	218 → 138 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $117,500 (+248.1%)	$49,688 → $58,542 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $56,000 (+4.7%)	$52,200 → $60,000 (+14.9%)

Burnt Prairie

Population

4492

Median household income

$33,750$117,500

Median home value

$53,500$56,000

Mill Shoals

Population

218138

Median household income

$49,688$58,542

Median home value

$52,200$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
Under 5	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	32.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	2.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	19.6%
75 and over	10.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	99.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	53.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
Drove alone	98.2%	94.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
1-unit, detached	73.8%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Prairie	Mill Shoals
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.4%
Average household size	3.83	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1943	1975