Prophetstown vs Tampico

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

Prophetstown and Tampico 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 607 in Tampico). Prophetstown has the higher median household income ($66,797 vs $58,281 in Tampico). Prophetstown has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $87,700 in Tampico).

Population, income & housing

	Prophetstown	Tampico
Population	1,828	607
Median age	43.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,797	$58,281
Median home value	$116,300	$87,700
Median gross rent	$704	$893
Housing units	804	289
Homeownership rate	75.5%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prophetstown	Tampico
Population	2,062 → 1,828 (-11.3%)	734 → 607 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$49,152 → $66,797 (+35.9%)	$53,239 → $58,281 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $116,300 (+20.8%)	$79,900 → $87,700 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $704 (-0.4%)	$646 → $893 (+38.2%)

Prophetstown

Population

2,0621,828

Median household income

$49,152$66,797

Median home value

$96,300$116,300

Median gross rent

$707$704

Tampico

Population

734607

Median household income

$53,239$58,281

Median home value

$79,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$646$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prophetstown	Tampico
Under 5	6.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.4%
75 and over	14.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prophetstown	Tampico
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prophetstown	Tampico
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prophetstown	Tampico
Drove alone	87.0%	91.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prophetstown	Tampico
1-unit, detached	81.1%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Prophetstown	Tampico
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1957	1952