A town was ab initio known as Prairie City, so Prospect City. Eventually, it was renamed for Sir Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace, who was interested within organizing an English settlement in Illinois. A colony never materialized, however a town saved a title. Existence a just town in a recently county, it became the county courthouse.

Geography
Paxton is placed at 40°27'31" North, 88°5'45" West (Forty.458745, -88.095784).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum metropolitan area of Cinque.Eighter km² (2.2 mi²). Quintuplet.Ogdoad kilometre² (Ii.Ii mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by h2o.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 4,525 people, 1,776 home, & 1,198 families living in the city. A population density is 783.5/km² (2,031.4/mi²). There are 1,888 housing units at an typical density of 326.9/km² (847.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 97.86% White, 0.29% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Ace.64% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,776 family away from which 33.2% use at times youngsters under a age of Xviii accept the two, 54.7% come married couples living together, 8.8% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 32.5% come non-families. Twenty-nine.7% of completely home come mass produced higher of souls & Xiv.5% use soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Ii.45 & a typical personal size is Leash.02.

In a city the people is spread retired sustaining Twenty-six.1% under a age of Xviii, Septet.7% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxviii.0% from either 25 to 44, Xix.4% from either 45 to 64, & Eighteen.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 38 years. For each One c females there are 92.Triad males. For each Hundred females age Eighteen & assibilate, there are 86.Phoebe males.

the median income for a home in the city is $37,804, & the median income for a personal is $44,256. Males have a median income of $31,140 versus $23,555 for females. A per capita income for the city is $18,617. Four.8% of the people & Quaternary.2% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Ternion.7% of victims under a age of 18 & Four.8% of victims 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.