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%

Berwyn$2,290/mo

Typical home $321K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.27% · or rent about $1,215/mo · Housing →

Proviso Township$2,030/mo

Typical home $284K (Census) · tax rate 2.28% · or rent about $1,268/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Berwyn and Proviso 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.

Where they are

Berwyn and Proviso Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BerwynProviso Township

Berwyn ↔ Proviso Township4.4 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Proviso Township places higher on 12 of 20 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

B+BerwynSafer than 70% of U.S. towns –Proviso TownshipNot graded

Schools

–BerwynNot graded DProviso TownshipBetter than 11% of districts in the state

Health

B+BerwynHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns B+Proviso TownshipHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns

5Berwyn

12Proviso Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 297 towns #243#179 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #599#457 Most educatedPeople · 862 towns #516#380 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #249#174 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #17#107 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #844#758 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #315#397 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #78#149

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Berwyn’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

BerwynProviso Township

Snow a year42″42″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th 71st

Outdoors & history

BerwynProviso Township

Trails2 mi 23 mi

Conserved land1.7%3.1%

Settled1908 1850

National Register places7 1

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here50 1

Community

BerwynProviso Township

Library hours a week59 hrs 69 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.

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

BerwynProviso Township

People

Population 55,595Lowest 147,690Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1%Highest -0.3%Lowest

Median age 37.8±1.5Lowest 3% below IL 40.3±1Highest 3% above IL

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

Kids under 18 22.4%±2Highest IL: 21.8% 22.2%±1.2Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 13.7%±1.5Lowest IL: 17% 17.5%±0.8Highest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.2%Lowest IL: 37.8% 30.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±1.1Highest IL: 6.3% 5.5%±0.6Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,408±$7kLowest 6% below IL $82,097±$3kHighest about the IL average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $299,800±$10kHighest 14% above IL $284,000±$5kLowest 8% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,215±$56Lowest 5% below IL $1,268±$38Highest about the IL average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,805Highest 28% above IL $6,477Lowest 22% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.1%±8.9Highest IL: 47.9% 49.1%±4.4Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest IL: 11.8% 10.1%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.1%Lowest IL: 67.1% 69.3%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1955Highest 16 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 4% above IL 29 minLowest 3% above IL

Work from home 12.2%±1.9Lowest IL: 15.9% 13.7%±1.4Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 5%Lowest 13.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Lowest 1.16Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (38%)Chicago (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Proviso TownshipFew work in Berwyn

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.2 miLowest 22.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Lowest 57Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 141Highest 97.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#316 of 384 in IL

School district —Proviso Area Exceptional Child · Region 06 West Cook ISC 2

High school in town —Proviso West High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.8

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.

Berwyn vs Proviso Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Berwyn

Berwyn and Proviso Township share a border

Proviso Township places higher on 12 of 20 IL lists

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