Moving to Deer Creek, Illinois
Population: 605. Estimated population in July 2024: 700 (+15.7% change)
Males: 311 (51.4%), Females: 294 (48.6%)
Tazewell County
Zip code: 61733
Demographics
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $38,542
Median house value: $87,400
Population by Race
Races in Deer Creek:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.8%)
Ancestries: German (46.8%), Irish (19.5%), English (9.4%), United States (8.3%), Scottish (4.6%), French (3.8%).
Elevation: 755 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Deer Creek
- High school or higher: 87.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 8.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 8.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Deer Creek village
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 59.5%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 4.4%
- Divorced: 11.7%
2.1% Foreign born (2.1% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -30 (-4.7%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Deer Creek:
- EUREKA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; EUREKA, IL)
- HOPEDALE HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; HOPEDALE, IL)
- SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; PEORIA, IL)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Deer Creek:
- GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL (about 25 miles; PEORIA, IL; Abbreviation: PIA)
- CENTRAL IL REGL ARPT AT BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL (about 32 miles; BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL, IL; Abbreviation: BMI)
- CAPITAL (about 60 miles; SPRINGFIELD, IL; Abbreviation: SPI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Deer Creek:
- MOUNT HAWLEY AUXILIARY (about 22 miles; PEORIA, IL; Abbreviation: 3MY)
- RAINBOW (about 26 miles; PEORIA, IL; Abbreviation: 7B1)
- PEKIN MUNI (about 26 miles; PEKIN, IL; Abbreviation: C15)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Deer Creek:
- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; PEORIA, IL; Full-time enrollment: 5,262)
- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; NORMAL, IL; Full-time enrollment: 18,785)
- HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; Normal, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,390)
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE (about 28 miles; EAST PEORIA, IL; Full-time enrollment: 6,404)
- ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; BLOOMINGTON, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,019)
- ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; OGLESBY, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,272)
- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; DECATUR, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,274)
Public primary/middle school in Deer Creek:
- DEE-MACK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 217; Location: P O BOX 317; Grades: 04 – 06)
Libraries
Library in Deer Creek:
- DEER CREEK D.L. (Operating income: $4,121; Location: 201 FIRST STREET; 18,818 books; 204 audio materials; 689 video materials; 41 serial subscriptions)