Erie vs Prophetstown

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

Erie 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 1,658 in Erie). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $66,797 in Prophetstown). Erie has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $116,300 in Prophetstown).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Prophetstown
Population	1,658	1,828
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$66,797
Median home value	$147,300	$116,300
Median gross rent	$740	$704
Housing units	785	804
Homeownership rate	71.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Prophetstown
Population	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)	2,062 → 1,828 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)	$49,152 → $66,797 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)	$96,300 → $116,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)	$707 → $704 (-0.4%)

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

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)

	Erie	Prophetstown
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	24.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.9%
75 and over	9.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Prophetstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Prophetstown
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Prophetstown
Drove alone	92.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Prophetstown
1-unit, detached	86.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Prophetstown
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1967	1957