ZIP 61277 · Prophetstown
Who lives in ZIP code 61277 (Prophetstown, IL): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Prophetstown, IL · Whiteside County
uszips 2026
People3,054
Median age44.0
Household income$70,363
Home value$146,657
Median rent$801/mo
Poverty9.5%
College degree+16.4%
Commute27 min
Place
- Metro area
- Sterling, IL (micro)
- Wider region
- Dixon-Sterling, IL
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 9 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,167
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.9% are 65 or older; 76.8% are adults.
Household income
36.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,977.
Education (adults 25+)
44.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 48.4%
- Never married
- 30.7%
- Divorced
- 15.2%
- Widowed
- 5.8%
- Family size
- 3.23
- Dual-income families
- 46.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 76.5%
- Rent burden
- 17.3%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 56.8%
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
- Self-employed
- 14.1%
- Farmers
- 8.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.1%
- Veterans
- 10.4%
- With a disability
- 17.1%
- No health insurance
- 8.2%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.