Burnt Prairie, Illinois

Population

Down 5.9% since 2020.

32

people, the 1285th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $221.

A $221 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in White County.

• $658 Tract 9582
• $879 Tract 9580

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 92% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 89% less than Illinois's.

$29,700

median home value in Burnt Prairie.

• $29,700 Burnt Prairie
• $263,300 Illinois
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year