capita income for the city was $24,514. About 0.4% of families and 1.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over. Economy The William Wrigley Company has a large manufacturing facility in Yorkville. Wrigley plans to start making Skittles in Yorkville. It plans to invest about $50 million to expand its Yorkville factory by 145,000 square feet by 2016. Parks and recreation Raging Waves waterpark, the self-proclaimed largest waterpark in Illinois, is in Yorkville. It opened in 2008 and owns about of property. The Marge Cline Whitewater Park (on the Fox River) opened in 2010. It is the only whitewater park of its kind in Illinois, similar to East Race in South Bend, Indiana.It offers opportunities for freestyle kayaking, slalom kayaking and river tubing. It is named after Marge Cline, former president of American Whitewater (1982-1988), National Board of Directors of American Canoe Association, President of Midwest Division of ACA, and member of the Chicago Whitewater association. Education The area is served by Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Schools include Yorkville Middle School and Yorkville High School. Additionally, a small portion of Yorkville attends Oswego Community Unit School District 308. Autumn Creek Elementary Bristol Bay Elementary Bristol Grade School Circle Center Grade School Grande Reserve Elementary Yorkville Grade School Yorkville Intermediate School Yorkville Middle School Yorkville Freshman Academy Yorkville High School Notable people Jon Blackman, college and NFL football player Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House Mike Radja, ice hockey player, born in Yorkville Andy Richter, actor and comedian The Giving Tree Band, American indie folk rock group In popular culture In August 2011, the movie Man of Steel was filmed at a house built specifically for the set in Yorkville. It appeared in the movie as the Kent family farm. In the fall of 2014, that house was rebuilt for use on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In 2017, the same house was used in Justice League for one small scene, then later demolished. References External links Official website Cities in Illinois Cities in Kendall County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1836 1836 establishments in Illinois