Dayville vs Prairie City

A side-by-side comparison of Dayville and Prairie City: population, income, housing, and more.

Dayville and Prairie City are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie City has the higher population (739 vs 189 in Dayville). Dayville has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $49,702 in Prairie City). Dayville has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $186,400 in Prairie City).

Population, income & housing

	Dayville	Prairie City
Population	189	739
Median age	50.1 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$49,702
Median home value	$218,500	$186,400
Median gross rent	$1,047	$853
Housing units	109	473
Homeownership rate	80.2%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayville	Prairie City
Population	113 → 189 (+67.3%)	735 → 739 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $51,667 (+26.5%)	$49,609 → $49,702 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $218,500 (+90.0%)	$137,200 → $186,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,047 (+55.1%)	$738 → $853 (+15.6%)

Dayville

Population

113189

Median household income

$40,833$51,667

Median home value

$115,000$218,500

Median gross rent

$675$1,047

Prairie City

Population

735739

Median household income

$49,609$49,702

Median home value

$137,200$186,400

Median gross rent

$738$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayville	Prairie City
Under 5	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	7.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	7.7%
75 and over	11.1%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayville	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayville	Prairie City
No high school diploma	11.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayville	Prairie City
Drove alone	59.8%	63.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.2%	19.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	13.3%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayville	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	82.6%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Dayville	Prairie City
Poverty rate	12.7%	15.3%
Average household size	1.97	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	11
Median year structure built	1953	1971