Burnt Prairie vs Phillipstown

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

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

Burnt Prairie has the higher population (92 vs 46 in Phillipstown). Phillipstown has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $56,000 in Burnt Prairie). Since 2019, Burnt Prairie's population has grown faster (+109.1% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
Population	92	46
Median age	28.0 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	—
Median home value	$56,000	$142,200
Housing units	42	21
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
Population	44 → 92 (+109.1%)	45 → 46 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $117,500 (+248.1%)	$78,438 → $59,167 (-24.6%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $56,000 (+4.7%)	$127,800 → $142,200 (+11.3%)

Burnt Prairie

Population

4492

Median household income

$33,750$117,500

Median home value

$53,500$56,000

Phillipstown

Population

4546

Median household income

$78,438$59,167

Median home value

$127,800$142,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
Under 5	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	32.6%	28.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	19.6%
55 to 64	2.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.3%
75 and over	10.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
No high school diploma	6.4%	32.0%
High school graduate	53.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
Drove alone	98.2%	83.3%
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%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
1-unit, detached	73.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
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%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Prairie	Phillipstown
Poverty rate	14.1%	45.7%
Average household size	3.83	2.71
Median year structure built	1943	1973