Kellogg vs Prairie City

A side-by-side comparison of Kellogg and Prairie City: population, income, housing, and more.

Kellogg and Prairie City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie City has the higher population (1,649 vs 611 in Kellogg). Prairie City has the higher median household income ($78,269 vs $37,500 in Kellogg). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $85,000 in Kellogg).

Population, income & housing

	Kellogg	Prairie City
Population	611	1,649
Median age	49.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$78,269
Median home value	$85,000	$177,400
Median gross rent	$766	$796
Housing units	275	666
Homeownership rate	60.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kellogg	Prairie City
Population	571 → 611 (+7.0%)	2,091 → 1,649 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $37,500 (-18.2%)	$76,827 → $78,269 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $85,000 (+4.9%)	$137,100 → $177,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $766 (+13.5%)	$878 → $796 (-9.3%)

Kellogg

Population

571611

Median household income

$45,833$37,500

Median home value

$81,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$766

Prairie City

Population

2,0911,649

Median household income

$76,827$78,269

Median home value

$137,100$177,400

Median gross rent

$878$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kellogg	Prairie City
Under 5	3.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kellogg	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kellogg	Prairie City
No high school diploma	11.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kellogg	Prairie City
Drove alone	73.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kellogg	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	79.3%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kellogg	Prairie City
Poverty rate	26.0%	1.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1938	1970