Long Island vs Prairie View

A side-by-side comparison of Long Island and Prairie View: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Island and Prairie View are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie View has the higher population (156 vs 143 in Long Island). Prairie View has the higher median household income ($142,717 vs $69,375 in Long Island). Prairie View has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $90,000 in Long Island).

Population, income & housing

	Long Island	Prairie View
Population	143	156
Median age	28.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$142,717
Median home value	$90,000	$151,100
Median gross rent	—	$565
Housing units	52	79
Homeownership rate	80.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Island	Prairie View
Population	154 → 143 (-7.1%)	109 → 156 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,375 (+52.1%)	$57,083 → $142,717 (+150.0%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $90,000 (+71.4%)	$43,000 → $151,100 (+251.4%)

Long Island

Population

154143

Median household income

$45,625$69,375

Median home value

$52,500$90,000

Prairie View

Population

109156

Median household income

$57,083$142,717

Median home value

$43,000$151,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Island	Prairie View
Under 5	16.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	25.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	3.8%
45 to 54	0.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	28.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.5%
75 and over	1.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Island	Prairie View
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	100.0%
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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Island	Prairie View
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Island	Prairie View
Drove alone	87.5%	93.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Island	Prairie View
1-unit, detached	92.3%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	7.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Long Island	Prairie View
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1948	1961