Dalton vs Prairie Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Dalton and Prairie Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Dalton and Prairie Hill are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie Hill has the higher population (153 vs 33 in Dalton). Since 2019, Prairie Hill's population has grown faster (+200.0% vs +37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
Population	33	153
Median age	74.2 yrs	17.3 yrs
Median home value	$73,300	—
Housing units	10	35
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
Population	24 → 33 (+37.5%)	51 → 153 (+200.0%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $55,313 (+4.5%)	—
Median home value	$66,300 → $73,300 (+10.6%)	—

Dalton

Population

2433

Median household income

$52,917$55,313

Median home value

$66,300$73,300

Prairie Hill

Population

51153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	61.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	33.3%	22.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	42.4%	0.0%
75 and over	24.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	66.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
Drove alone	23.1%	58.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	76.9%	41.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
1-unit, detached	50.0%	0.0%
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	50.0%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Dalton	Prairie Hill
Poverty rate	60.6%	0.0%
Average household size	5.50	4.37
Median year structure built	1974	—