Kewanee,
Illinois, population 12,944, is the largest city in Henry County and most self-sufficient community in an area with a radius of 42 miles. Kewanee possesses virtually all of the characteristics of a freestanding community. We are independent of the impacts of the larger metropolitan areas 45 miles away but enjoy their amenities and those services which are not immediately available in the City. The Chicago metropolitan area is 153 miles away.
Kewanee
is a blue collar manufacturing community which is surrounded by some
of the most productive grain farm land in the State of Illinois. We
are a city of many ethnicities - a smaller version of the melting pot
that Chicago is reputed to be.
Our City has an aggressive and effective economic development team made up of the City,the Kewanee Economic Development Corporation, Black Hawk College and Ameren - the public utility which provides our gas and electric services.
Kewanee enjoys a moderate to low cost of living as exemplified by the average price of a single family home sold during 2007 being $56,000 - yes, only $56,000. Kewanee is a stand-alone community which is not part of a larger metropolitan area. We are remarkably self-sufficient with virtually all the facilities and services that a company expects in a much larger community. These include:
- Regional
Airport with 4,500 Foot Runway
- Two
Public School Districts and Parochial Schools
- Full
Service Hospital
- Black
Hawk College
- Park
District with a Municipal Golf Course
- Modern
City Facilities and a Cooperative City Administration
- 6
day-per-week Newspaper, AM/FM Radio Stations, and Local Cable Television
- Wide
choices of Churches
- New
Residential Housing Developments as well as a Retirement Living Center
- Long-term
Health Care Facilities
- Amtrak
Service
- Aggressive
Economic Development Corporation
- Library
- Agencies
for People with Mental and Physical Disabilities
- Active
Service Clubs and Veterans Council
- Full
Service YMCA
- Private
Country Club
- Employment
Opportunities for Spouses
