Prophetstown, Illinois

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,093
Male Share of the Population	48.9%
Female Share of the Population	51.1%
Senior Citizens	19.7%
Employed Population 16+	798
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	42.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	16.8%
Median Earnings25+	$32,197
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$40,395
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$29,375

Wealth

Median Family Income	$53,500
% Above Poverty Level	85.8%
% Below Poverty Level	14.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	22 minutes
% Working from Home	4.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3%
% Using Public Transportation	0.4%

Housing

People Living Alone	34.6%
Median Gross Rent	$697
Median House Value	$89,500

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	18.6%
Irish	10.7%
English	9%
Dutch	4.9%
Swedish	4.7%
Polish	3.5%
French Except Basque	3.4%
Italian	2.4%
Belgian	1.8%
Danishn	1.6%
Scottish	1.4%
Norwegian	1.3%
Swiss	0.3%
Austrian	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Ukrainian	0.3%
Welsh	0.2%
Hungarian	0.2%
Czech	0.2%
German	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%
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Prophetstown Almanac

Category	Value
County	Whiteside County
Standard Zip Codes	61277
Phone Area Codes	815
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	41.66
Approximate Longitude	-89.93

Prophetstown 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	MORRISON
Distance	9 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 29 F
Apr Temp	37 to 60 F
Jul Temp	62 to 85 F
Oct Temp	39 to 64 F
Annual Precip	37.6 inches

Station	GENESEO
Distance	18.9 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 29 F
Apr Temp	40 to 61 F
Jul Temp	66 to 86 F
Oct Temp	43 to 63 F
Annual Precip	37.4 inches

Station	WALNUT
Distance	19.3 miles
Jan Temp	11 to 28 F
Apr Temp	39 to 59 F
Jul Temp	64 to 83 F
Oct Temp	41 to 63 F
Annual Precip	36.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Erie	1,545	$75,417
Hillsdale	557	$54,464
Hooppole	316	$35,833
Lyndon	690	$61,000
Morrison	3,992	$56,406

Prophetstown Public Libraries

Henry C. Adams Memorial Library
209 WEST THIRD STREET
Prophetstown, Illinois
(815) 537-5462

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Prophetstown Public Schools

Prophetstown Elem School
301 W 3rd St
ZIP: 61277
(815) 537-2345
Primary
Total Enrollment 213

Prophetstown High School
310 W Riverside Dr
ZIP: 61277
(815) 537-5161
High
Total Enrollment 283

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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