De PueIL
A town of 1,571, settled in 1867.
Is De Pue a good place to live?
De Pue’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 10 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score higher on cost of living. De Pue's schools rank behind 88% of the state's. De Pue has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
De Pue has shrunk 14% since 2010
1,838 counted in 2010 and 1,633 in 2020; an estimated 1,571 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How De Pue grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far De Pue is from typical.
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Moving to De Pue: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in De Pue, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in De Pue.
De Pue has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave De Pue for work: only 2% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in De Pue, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in De Pue fell to 97 in 2023, 1,179 fewer than in 2013.
| De Pue | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in De Pue than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
19% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in De Pue, above both the Illinois town median (7.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (8.1%). 76% of De Pue adults had a checkup this year. De Pue beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| De Pue | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | De Pue | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 7.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.8% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in De Pue
De Pue has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 15° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
De Pue faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in De Pue.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
De Pue has set aside 2% of its land for conservation
1.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in De Pue is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| De Pue | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Lake Park | — | 5 |
| 3. White City Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about De Pue
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of De Pue
About 6 of every 100 De Pue residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
98% of working residents leave De Pue for work
Where De Pue’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About De Pue
Village in Illinois, United States
DePue is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 61322
De Pue’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with De Pue.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Pue | — | — | A+ | — | D | C |
| Selby Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Leepertown Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
De Pue and Selby Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. De Pue and Selby Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Leepertown Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare De Pue with a neighbor →
Questions about De Pue
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is De Pue, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.