IL area data
Prairie City, IL
Prairie City, IL.
Population: 488 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 325.3 (+6.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 100.0 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 17.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.30/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- coldWave, drought, hail, heatWave, iceStorm
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 52.0°F
- Average high
- 62.0°F
- Average low
- 41.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 39.1 in
- Annual snowfall
- 21.9 in
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Runyan Aviation Airport (2 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (BRL) (35 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 7
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.3 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.0 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,970
- Median annual property tax
- $681
- Households with broadband internet
- 65.1%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 6,875
- Average weekly wage
- $812
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Health Care, Other Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 1
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