Otterville vs Prairie Home

A side-by-side comparison of Otterville and Prairie Home: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otterville has the higher population (454 vs 214 in Prairie Home). Prairie Home has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $48,281 in Otterville). Prairie Home has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $114,000 in Otterville).

Population, income & housing

	Otterville	Prairie Home
Population	454	214
Median age	45.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,281	$52,083
Median home value	$114,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$688	$700
Housing units	228	111
Homeownership rate	75.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otterville	Prairie Home
Population	375 → 454 (+21.1%)	237 → 214 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $48,281 (+32.0%)	$51,667 → $52,083 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $114,000 (+49.2%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $688 (+16.4%)	$535 → $700 (+30.8%)

Otterville

Population

375454

Median household income

$36,563$48,281

Median home value

$76,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$591$688

Prairie Home

Population

237214

Median household income

$51,667$52,083

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$535$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otterville	Prairie Home
Under 5	4.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	24.3%
75 and over	11.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otterville	Prairie Home
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otterville	Prairie Home
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otterville	Prairie Home
Drove alone	76.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otterville	Prairie Home
1-unit, detached	86.0%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Otterville	Prairie Home
Poverty rate	15.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	41	29
Median year structure built	1958	1978