Capron is a village in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,395 at the 2020 census, up from 1,376 at the 2010 census.
History
The oldest known structure in the area, now known as the Capron Lutheran Church, was built in 1844. Once known as Hebron Station along the Chicago and North Western Railroad, the town was renamed in 1874 to honor Colonel John Capron who would pass only four years later. Capron was officially incorporated as a village in 1887.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Capron has a total area of , of which (or 99.87%) is land and (or 0.13%) is water.
Route 173 runs through the town.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Capron village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|802
|916
|style='background: #ffffe6; |759
|83.45%
|66.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.41%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|9
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.94%
|0.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|11
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|1.14%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|5
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.52%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.00%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.93%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|11
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34
|1.14%
|0.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.44%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|123
|425
|style='background: #ffffe6; |571
|12.80%
|30.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.93%
|-
|Total
|961
|1,376
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,395
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Capron had a population of 1,395. The population density was .
The median age was 33.9 years. 27.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 10.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 110.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 464 households and 351 families in the village. Of all households, 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 52.2% were married-couple households, 15.7% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 21.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.93 and the average family size was 3.47.
Income and poverty
The median income for a household in the village was $67,316, and the median income for a family was $76,250. Males had a median income of $41,250 versus $23,568 for females. The per capita income for the village was $23,843. About 9.4% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
It is in the North Boone Community Unit School District 200<!--UNI 28700-->.