Garden Prairie is a community in Boone County, Illinois, home to about 403 people across 0.6 square miles. Its ZIP code is 61038.
Homes sold for a median of $91 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Mostly Garden Prairie
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Garden Prairie. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)47 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD)18 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Chicago, IL61 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Garden Prairie; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Garden Prairie had 300 residents in the 2020 census, down 15% since 2010.
It’s the 1003rd largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Boone County grew from 15,791 residents in 1900 to 53,448 in 2020.
Boone County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 84°F in summer, and winter lows average 13°F. About 37.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 31 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Marengo, IL weather station (7 miles away).
15,427 jobs at 890 businesses in Boone County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2022 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Garden Prairie.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 2 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
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Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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