Lyndon (Illinois)
Whiteside County
17-45278
Lyndon is a place ( with a status of "Village" ) in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Lyndon had 648 inhabitants.
Geography
Lyndon is located at 41 ° 43'03 " north latitude and 89 ° 55'33 " west longitude and extending over two square kilometers. The town is the center of Lyndon Township.
Lyndon is located on the Rock River, approximately 25 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. Towns nearby are Morrison (13,9 km north-northwest ), Prophetstown (8 km south) and Erie (15 km southwest).
The nearest large towns are Dubuque, Iowa (130 km north-west ), Rockford (116 km northeast), Chicago (208 km east), Peoria (135 km south-southeast ), the Quad Cities ( 69.4 km west-southwest ) and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (172 km west).
Traffic
Along the northern Ortsrandes extends Interstate 88, which connects Chicago to the Quad Cities. Through the center of Lyndon runs the Illinois State Route 78 All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roadways or within city roads. Until its closure to all traffic in 1980 consisted of the Lyndon Bridge is a direct connection from Lyndon to the opposite bank of the Rock River.
The nearest airport is 66.4 km south west Quad City International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Lyndon 648 people in 246 households. The population density was 324 people per square kilometer. In the 246 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 48,173. The per capita income was $ 18,391. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.