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Demographics

People

Total Population	469
Male Share of the Population	56.3%
Female Share of the Population	43.7%
Senior Citizens	15.1%
Employed Population 16+	209
Age of the Population	40

Families

% of people married	54.4%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	14.8%
Median Earnings25+	$31,833
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$31,250

Wealth

Median Family Income	$46,563
% Above Poverty Level	88.9%
% Below Poverty Level	11.1%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	18 minutes
% Working from Home	2.9%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	23.7%
Median Gross Rent	$639
Median House Value	$80,000

Ancestry

German	30.9%
Irish	20.3%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	15.4%
Italian	11.3%
Polish	7.5%
English	6%
Swedish	4.9%
Dutch	1.9%
Slovak	1.9%
Scottish	1.9%
Norwegian	1.5%
Belgian	1.3%
Welsh	0.9%
Hungarian	0.9%
Czech	0.4%
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Cherry Almanac

Category	Value
County	Bureau County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	61317
Phone Area Codes
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	41.43
Approximate Longitude	-89.21

Cherry 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	PERU
Distance	7.9 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 29 F
Apr Temp	38 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 85 F
Oct Temp	41 to 65 F
Annual Precip	37.7 inches

Station	PRINCETON
Distance	13.5 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 29 F
Apr Temp	40 to 61 F
Jul Temp	65 to 85 F
Oct Temp	43 to 63 F
Annual Precip	37.8 inches

Station	TISKILWA 2 SE
Distance	17.2 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 31 F
Apr Temp	39 to 63 F
Jul Temp	62 to 86 F
Oct Temp	41 to 65 F
Annual Precip	36.8 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Arlington	212	$76,250
Dalzell	736	$66,875
La Moille	771	$73,750
Ladd	1,185	$85,583
Spring Valley	5,282	$55,966

Cherry Public Schools

Cherry Grade School
314 S Main St
ZIP: 61317
(815) 894-2777

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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