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Demographics

People

Total Population	636
Male Share of the Population	48%
Female Share of the Population	52%
Senior Citizens	35.1%
Employed Population 16+	219
Age of the Population	54

Families

% of people married	55.3%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	19%
Median Earnings25+	$29,250
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$40,573

Wealth

Median Family Income	$57,500
% Above Poverty Level	83.9%
% Below Poverty Level	16.1%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	%
% Walking and Biking to Work	9.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.8%
Median Gross Rent	$783
Median House Value	$117,000

Ancestry

German	21.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	16.8%
English	11.8%
Irish	10.4%
Dutch	3%
Swedish	3%
French Except Basque	2.8%
Israeli	1.6%
Scottish	1.3%
Italian	1.3%
Czech	1.3%
Danishn	1.1%
Norwegian	1.1%
Canadian	0.6%
Portuguese	0.6%
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Prairie City Almanac

Category	Value
County	Grant County
Standard Zip Codes	97869
Phone Area Codes	541
Time Zone	America/Los_Angeles
Approximate Latitude	44.38
Approximate Longitude	-118.64

Prairie City Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	JOHN DAY
Distance	13.1 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 41 F
Apr Temp	32 to 60 F
Jul Temp	48 to 87 F
Oct Temp	33 to 65 F
Annual Precip	13.5 inches

Station	AUSTIN 3 S
Distance	13.2 miles
Jan Temp	11 to 36 F
Apr Temp	26 to 56 F
Jul Temp	40 to 82 F
Oct Temp	25 to 62 F
Annual Precip	21.1 inches

Station	LONG CREEK
Distance	26 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 38 F
Apr Temp	31 to 55 F
Jul Temp	45 to 81 F
Oct Temp	32 to 60 F
Annual Precip	16.7 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
John Day	2,251	$58,250
Mount Vernon	472	$50,625

Prairie City Public Schools

Prairie City School
740 Overholt St
ZIP: 97869
(541) 820-3314
Other
Total Enrollment 148

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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