Prairie City vs Sully

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

Prairie City and Sully 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 1,092 in Sully). Sully has the higher median household income ($86,576 vs $78,269 in Prairie City). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $165,600 in Sully).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie City	Sully
Population	1,649	1,092
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$86,576
Median home value	$177,400	$165,600
Median gross rent	$796	$940
Housing units	666	440
Homeownership rate	76.9%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie City	Sully
Population	2,091 → 1,649 (-21.1%)	828 → 1,092 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$76,827 → $78,269 (+1.9%)	$69,250 → $86,576 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $177,400 (+29.4%)	$121,100 → $165,600 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $796 (-9.3%)	$722 → $940 (+30.2%)

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

Sully

Population

8281,092

Median household income

$69,250$86,576

Median home value

$121,100$165,600

Median gross rent

$722$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie City	Sully
Under 5	7.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.0%
75 and over	5.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie City	Sully
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie City	Sully
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie City	Sully
Drove alone	73.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie City	Sully
1-unit, detached	77.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie City	Sully
Poverty rate	1.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1970	1965