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%

Bartelso$1,970/mo

Typical home $289K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.89% · or rent about $593/mo · Housing →

Jordan Township$1,500/mo

Typical home $234K (Census) · tax rate 1.38% · Housing →

The difference: $470 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Bartelso and Jordan Township.

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

BartelsoJordan Township

Snow a year10″29″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd 49th

Outdoors & history

BartelsoJordan Township

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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

231 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BartelsoIL Jordan TownshipWhiteside County

Bartelso ↔ Jordan Township231 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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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

BartelsoJordan Township

People

Population 782Lowest 838Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.7%Highest -8.2%Lowest

Median age 48.2±7.6Highest 24% above IL 47.6±14.7Lowest 22% above IL

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

Kids under 18 21.6%±3.7Highest IL: 21.8% 18.4%±8.6Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 17.8%±8.4Lowest IL: 17% 28.5%±9.6Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.2%Highest IL: 37.8% 21.8%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±2.2Lowest IL: 6.3% 4.8%±4.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,000±$27kLowest 8% above IL $96,042±$35kHighest 15% above IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $209,700±$62kLowest 20% below IL $234,400±$46kHighest 11% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $593±$550 53% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,968Highest 25% below IL $3,226Lowest 39% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 7.1%±80.8Highest IL: 47.9% 0%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.2%Highest IL: 11.8% 3.6%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.7%Lowest IL: 67.1% 93.8%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Highest 18 yrs newer than IL 1960Lowest 11 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 20% above IL 21 minLowest 26% below IL

Work from home 13.9%±8.4Highest IL: 15.9% 0%±2.8Lowest IL: 15.9%

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Germantown (8%)Sterling (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Jordan TownshipFew work in Bartelso

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 86.9Highest 1.9Lowest

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

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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.

Bartelso vs Jordan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $470 more a month in Bartelso

What daily life feels like in each

231 miles apart

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