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%

Bowdre Township$730/mo

Typical home $110K (Census) · tax rate 1.69% · or rent about $954/mo · Housing →

Murdock Township$760/mo

Typical home $113K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Bowdre TownshipMurdock Township

Snow a year18″18″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 83rd

Outdoors & history

Bowdre TownshipMurdock Township

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.5%0%

Community

Bowdre TownshipMurdock Township

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

Bowdre TownshipMurdock Township

People

Population 656Highest 303Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.2% —

Median age 46.2±6.4Highest 18% above IL 31.9±4.7Lowest 18% below IL

Kids under 18 19.7%±4.6Lowest IL: 21.8% 30.4%±10.1Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 27%±3.1Highest IL: 17% 0%±14.9Lowest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.7%Lowest IL: 37.8% 21%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±1.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 4%±5.7Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,321±$20kHighest 19% below IL $66,481±$19kLowest 20% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $110,400±$21kLowest 58% below IL $112,800±$25kHighest 57% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $954±$110 25% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,866 65% below IL —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.3%±53.7Lowest IL: 47.9% 100%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.5%Lowest IL: 11.8% 12.9%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.8%Lowest IL: 67.1% 94.3%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1949Lowest 22 yrs older than IL 1964Highest 7 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 6% below IL 23 minLowest 16% below IL

Work from home 3.3%±2.7Highest IL: 15.9% 0%±9Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 20.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.26Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Champaign (8%)Arcola (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Murdock TownshipFew work in Bowdre Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.5Lowest 2.8Highest

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.

Bowdre Township vs Murdock Township

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