Prairie Home vs Wooldridge

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

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

Prairie Home has the higher population (214 vs 33 in Wooldridge). Wooldridge has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $52,083 in Prairie Home). Wooldridge has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $118,800 in Prairie Home).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
Population	214	33
Median age	54.0 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$63,750
Median home value	$118,800	$135,000
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	111	31
Homeownership rate	72.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
Population	237 → 214 (-9.7%)	27 → 33 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $52,083 (+0.8%)	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)	$85,000 → $135,000 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $700 (+30.8%)	—

Prairie Home

Population

237214

Median household income

$51,667$52,083

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$535$700

Wooldridge

Population

2733

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$85,000$135,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	30.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	24.3%	42.4%
75 and over	11.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
Drove alone	74.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	23.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
1-unit, detached	91.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Home	Wooldridge
Poverty rate	2.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1978	1948