Como vs Prophetstown

A side-by-side comparison of Como and Prophetstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Como and Prophetstown are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prophetstown has the higher population (1,828 vs 581 in Como). Prophetstown has the higher median household income ($66,797 vs $59,417 in Como). Como has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $116,300 in Prophetstown).

Population, income & housing

	Como	Prophetstown
Population	581	1,828
Median age	37.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,417	$66,797
Median home value	$154,000	$116,300
Median gross rent	—	$704
Housing units	201	804
Homeownership rate	83.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Como	Prophetstown
Population	593 → 581 (-2.0%)	2,062 → 1,828 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$77,569 → $59,417 (-23.4%)	$49,152 → $66,797 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $154,000 (+2.2%)	$96,300 → $116,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$707 → $704 (-0.4%)

Como

Population

593581

Median household income

$77,569$59,417

Median home value

$150,700$154,000

Prophetstown

Population

2,0621,828

Median household income

$49,152$66,797

Median home value

$96,300$116,300

Median gross rent

$707$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Como	Prophetstown
Under 5	1.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	28.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Como	Prophetstown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Como	Prophetstown
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Como	Prophetstown
Drove alone	57.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	7.7%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	4.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Como	Prophetstown
1-unit, detached	90.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Como	Prophetstown
Poverty rate	22.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1958	1957