Fulton vs Prophetstown

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

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

Fulton has the higher population (3,457 vs 1,828 in Prophetstown). Prophetstown has the higher median household income ($66,797 vs $42,452 in Fulton). Fulton has the higher median home value ($124,400 vs $116,300 in Prophetstown).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Prophetstown
Population	3,457	1,828
Median age	48.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,452	$66,797
Median home value	$124,400	$116,300
Median gross rent	$956	$704
Housing units	1,881	804
Homeownership rate	78.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Prophetstown
Population	3,178 → 3,457 (+8.8%)	2,062 → 1,828 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$52,193 → $42,452 (-18.7%)	$49,152 → $66,797 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $124,400 (+9.0%)	$96,300 → $116,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $956 (+41.4%)	$707 → $704 (-0.4%)

Fulton

Population

3,1783,457

Median household income

$52,193$42,452

Median home value

$114,100$124,400

Median gross rent

$676$956

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)

	Fulton	Prophetstown
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.9%
75 and over	10.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Prophetstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Prophetstown
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Prophetstown
Drove alone	82.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Prophetstown
1-unit, detached	80.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Prophetstown
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1959	1957