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%

Belleville$1,130/mo

Typical home $160K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.20% · or rent about $1,019/mo · Housing →

St. Clair Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $202K (Census) · tax rate 2.03% · or rent about $1,120/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between St. Clair Township and Belleville.

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.

Where they are

Belleville and St. Clair Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BellevilleSt. Clair Township

Belleville ↔ St. Clair Township1.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

2,556 St. Clair Township residents work in Belleville (17.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in St. Clair Township →

Report cards

St. Clair Township places higher on 16 of 21 IL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Illinois ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−BellevilleSafer than 20% of U.S. towns –St. Clair TownshipNot graded

Schools

C+BellevilleBetter than 39% of districts in the state C+St. Clair TownshipBetter than 36% of districts in the state

Health

C+BellevilleHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns B−St. Clair TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

4Belleville

16St. Clair Township

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 297 towns #181#68 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #650#333 Highest incomeIncome · 862 towns #633#446 Most affordableCost of living · 861 towns #227#407 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #650#481 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #342#202 Most educatedPeople · 862 towns #429#290 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #582#447

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Belleville’s rankings →

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

BellevilleSt. Clair Township

Snow a year11″11″

January low24°F 24°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)189d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 69th

Outdoors & history

BellevilleSt. Clair Township

Trails5 mi 6 mi

Conserved land2.1%2.7%

Settled1814 1885

National Register places6 —

Archive photos24 4

Community

BellevilleSt. Clair Township

Library hours a week60 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

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

BellevilleSt. Clair Township

People

Population 41,370Highest 35,601Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.7%Lowest +0.7%Highest

Median age 39.1±1.1Lowest about the IL average 42.4±1.4Highest 9% above IL

Kids under 18 22.6%±1.9Highest IL: 21.8% 20.4%±2Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 16.4%±1.5Lowest IL: 17% 18.6%±1.7Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28%Lowest IL: 37.8% 35.8%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 7%±1.4Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,535±$3kLowest 24% below IL $80,309±$6kHighest 4% below IL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $141,300±$8kLowest 46% below IL $202,000±$12kHighest 23% below IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,019±$48Lowest 20% below IL $1,120±$50Highest 12% below IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,110Lowest 41% below IL $4,099Highest 23% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.3%±7.2Highest IL: 47.9% 40.7%±6.6Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 14.6%Highest IL: 11.8% 11.7%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.1%Lowest IL: 67.1% 70.2%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1962Lowest 9 yrs older than IL 1988Highest 17 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 10% below IL 23 minLowest 16% below IL

Work from home 12.2%±1.9Lowest IL: 15.9% 12.5%±2.3Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.8%Highest 5.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Highest 0.41Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (12%)Belleville (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in St. Clair Township17% work in Belleville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.6 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 17Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.3Highest 62.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #233 of 384 in IL #191 of 384 in IL

School district Saint Clair ROE · Belle Valley SD 119High Mount SD 116 · Whiteside SD 115

High school in town Belleville High School-EastNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 16.9 —

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.

Belleville vs St. Clair Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in St. Clair Township

Belleville and St. Clair Township share a border

St. Clair Township places higher on 16 of 21 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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