What is the population of Garden Prairie CDP?

Garden Prairie CDP has 560 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #900 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Garden Prairie CDP?

Median household income in Garden Prairie CDP is $42,188 a year, 46.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Garden Prairie CDP?

Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $108,000.

Is Garden Prairie CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Garden Prairie CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.

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Garden Prairie, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Garden Prairie, Illinois (Garden Prairie, IL — Census place “Garden Prairie CDP”) is 560 residents, ranking #900 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $42,188, the median home is worth $108,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Garden Prairie Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Garden Prairie, IL: 61038.

Population: 560Garden Prairie CDP residents
Median household income: $42,188Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $108,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: —Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.4%Owner-occupied households

Garden Prairie ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Garden Prairie.

The Garden Prairie IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

61038

What the numbers mean in Garden Prairie CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.7% of residents and 85.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Garden Prairie CDP, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Garden Prairie CDP is a very small community in Illinois, with 560 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #900 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 38% of them. The median age here is 43.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Garden Prairie CDP earn a median of $42,188 a year, 46.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 43% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 10.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Garden Prairie CDP is valued at $108,000, 64.4% below the national figure and 40% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 85.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 560 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Garden Prairie CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for Garden Prairie CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Garden Prairie CDP?: Garden Prairie CDP has 560 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #900 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Garden Prairie CDP?: Median household income in Garden Prairie CDP is $42,188 a year, 46.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Garden Prairie CDP?: Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $108,000.
Is Garden Prairie CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Garden Prairie CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Garden Prairie CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.