was $16,702. About 11.7% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. Political affiliation St. Anne is generally a community which votes in favor of America's Republican Party. In the 2020 presidential election, the town and the surrounding communities voted 696 to 246 (72% to 26%) in favor of incumbent Republican president Donald Trump as opposed to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden. However, a majority of St. Anne's is part of Illinois's 2nd congressional district, which is currently represented by Democrat Robin Kelly, though part of the town also falls under Illinois' 16th district and Republican representative Adam Kinzinger. Education St. Anne Community High School is the sole high school within the region, and an elementary school also named for the town exists across the street from the high school. The closest institution of higher education to St. Anne is Kankakee Community College. Transportation Illinois Route 1, part of the Western route of the historic Dixie Highway, runs north and south in St. Anne. Interstate 57 is the closest interstate highway to St Anne. The town is also located about 5 miles away from the banks of the Iroquois River, which itself connects to the rest of the world through the Mississippi, Illinois, and Kankakee Rivers. St. Anne has no passenger railroad services of its own, however, Union Pacific Railroad owns freight rail tracks which pass through the city. St. Anne formerly was served by passenger rail, then operated by the New York Central Railroad, the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Air transport is limited in St. Anne, with the closest airport being the general aviation-exclusive Kankakee Airport. Commercial air service's closest links to St. Anne are through the two major Chicago airports, with Midway being slightly closer to St. Anne than O'Hare. Notable people Jack Sikma, seven-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame center for 1979 NBA champion Seattle SuperSonics; attended St. Anne High School In 2009, a couple who were renovating an abandoned house on the outskirts of St. Anne discovered that it contained a trove of manuscripts by African-American composer Florence Price. The house had been Price's summer residence. The collection contained dozens of pieces that had been thought lost. See also Revolution, television series that dramatized St. Anne, Illinois References External links