Phillipsburg vs Prairie View

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

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

Phillipsburg has the higher population (2,132 vs 156 in Prairie View). Prairie View has the higher median household income ($142,717 vs $58,125 in Phillipsburg). Prairie View has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $93,900 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
Population	2,132	156
Median age	43.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$142,717
Median home value	$93,900	$151,100
Median gross rent	$654	$565
Housing units	1,276	79
Homeownership rate	69.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
Population	2,583 → 2,132 (-17.5%)	109 → 156 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$48,579 → $58,125 (+19.7%)	$57,083 → $142,717 (+150.0%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $93,900 (+16.2%)	$43,000 → $151,100 (+251.4%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $654 (-7.9%)	—

Phillipsburg

Population

2,5832,132

Median household income

$48,579$58,125

Median home value

$80,800$93,900

Median gross rent

$710$654

Prairie View

Population

109156

Median household income

$57,083$142,717

Median home value

$43,000$151,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
Under 5	8.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	3.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	28.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.5%
75 and over	11.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	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	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
Drove alone	88.6%	93.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
1-unit, detached	86.8%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Phillipsburg	Prairie View
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1961	1961