A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ashmore$1,000/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.82% · or rent about $841/mo · Housing →

Potomac$940/mo

Typical home $141K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.73% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Ashmore and Potomac.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AshmorePotomac

Snow a year19″20″

January low21°F 18°F

July high88°F 85°F

Growing season (days)187d 180d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)71st 59th

Outdoors & history

AshmorePotomac

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled—1840

Community

AshmorePotomac

Library hours a week—49 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AshmoreIL PotomacIL

Ashmore ↔ Potomac55 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Illinois average

AshmorePotomac

People

Population 721Highest 605Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -18.9%Lowest -8.1%Highest

Median age 37.9±8.9Lowest about the IL average 40.1±6.3Highest about the IL average

Potomac and Ashmore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23.3%±7.7Lowest IL: 21.8% 27.3%±10Highest IL: 21.8%

Potomac and Ashmore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.6%±7Lowest IL: 17% 17.7%±3.6Highest IL: 17%

Potomac and Ashmore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.4%Highest IL: 37.8% 12.5%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±5.3Highest IL: 6.3% 3%±3.1Lowest IL: 6.3%

Ashmore and Potomac are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,615±$9kHighest 32% below IL $53,194±$6kLowest 36% below IL

Ashmore and Potomac are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $91,700±$13kLowest 65% below IL $95,500±$9kHighest 64% below IL

Potomac and Ashmore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $841±$137Highest 34% below IL $780±$24Lowest 39% below IL

Ashmore and Potomac are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,668Highest 69% below IL $1,650Lowest 69% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.3%±38.4Highest IL: 47.9% 22.4%±37.5Lowest IL: 47.9%

Ashmore and Potomac are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.2%Highest IL: 11.8% 7.7%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.5%Highest IL: 67.1% 76%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 1 yr older than IL 1959Lowest 12 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 11% below IL 29 minHighest 4% above IL

Work from home 6.4%±4.1Highest IL: 15.9% 2.8%±2.7Lowest IL: 15.9%

Ashmore and Potomac are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miLowest 25.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Charleston (23%)Danville (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PotomacFew work in Ashmore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.8Lowest 78.6Highest

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ashmore vs Potomac

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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