Long Creek vs Prairie City

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

Long Creek 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 154 in Long Creek). Prairie City has the higher median household income ($49,702 vs $31,458 in Long Creek). Since 2019, Long Creek's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Prairie City
Population	154	739
Median age	61.8 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$49,702
Median home value	—	$186,400
Median gross rent	$575	$853
Housing units	84	473
Homeownership rate	84.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Prairie City
Population	148 → 154 (+4.1%)	735 → 739 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $31,458 (-1.3%)	$49,609 → $49,702 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $65,500 (-30.3%)	$137,200 → $186,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $575 (+10.6%)	$738 → $853 (+15.6%)

Long Creek

Population

148154

Median household income

$31,875$31,458

Median home value

$94,000$65,500

Median gross rent

$520$575

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)

	Long Creek	Prairie City
Under 5	3.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	22.1%	7.7%
75 and over	26.0%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Prairie City
No high school diploma	12.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Prairie City
Drove alone	28.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	23.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.3%	19.4%
Bicycle	13.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	76.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Prairie City
Poverty rate	42.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.23	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	11
Median year structure built	1958	1971