Lyndon vs Prophetstown

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

Lyndon 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 576 in Lyndon). Prophetstown has the higher median household income ($66,797 vs $52,656 in Lyndon). Prophetstown has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $108,300 in Lyndon).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
Population	576	1,828
Median age	37.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$66,797
Median home value	$108,300	$116,300
Median gross rent	$1,146	$704
Housing units	262	804
Homeownership rate	81.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
Population	656 → 576 (-12.2%)	2,062 → 1,828 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$41,823 → $52,656 (+25.9%)	$49,152 → $66,797 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $108,300 (+36.4%)	$96,300 → $116,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,146 (+34.8%)	$707 → $704 (-0.4%)

Lyndon

Population

656576

Median household income

$41,823$52,656

Median home value

$79,400$108,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,146

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)

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.9%
75 and over	13.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	53.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
Drove alone	81.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
1-unit, detached	84.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyndon	Prophetstown
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1960	1957