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%

Broadlands$1,220/mo

Typical home $182K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.71% · or rent about $940/mo · Housing →

Clyde Township$900/mo

Typical home $132K (Census) · tax rate 1.92% · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Broadlands and Clyde 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

BroadlandsClyde Township

Snow a year18″32″

January low—12°F

July high—83°F

Growing season (days)—167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 33rd

Outdoors & history

BroadlandsClyde Township

Trails0 mi 15 mi

Conserved land0%1.6%

Settled1876 —

National Register places—1

Community

BroadlandsClyde 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.

Where they are

169 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BroadlandsIL Clyde TownshipWhiteside County

Broadlands ↔ Clyde Township169 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

BroadlandsClyde Township

People

Population 274Highest 258Lowest

Median age 44.9±13.5Highest 15% above IL 43.7±16.1Lowest 12% above IL

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

Kids under 18 19.7%±3.9Lowest IL: 21.8% 20.2%±12.9Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 22.6%±6.4Lowest IL: 17% 27.9%±19.2Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.3%Highest IL: 37.8% 8.2%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±5.2Lowest IL: 6.3% 5%±6.8Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,063±$22kHighest 23% below IL $50,179±$31kLowest 40% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,000±$17kLowest 53% below IL $132,100±$39kHighest 50% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $940±$100 26% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,138Lowest 60% below IL $2,538Highest 52% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.8%±100Highest IL: 47.9% 0%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 13.1%Highest IL: 11.8% 3.5%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.4%Lowest IL: 67.1% 84.2%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966Lowest 5 yrs older than IL 1974Highest 3 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 4% above IL 26 minLowest 6% below IL

Work from home 5.3%±4.8Highest IL: 15.9% 3%±5.1Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.21Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Urbana (27%)Morrison (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Clyde TownshipFew work in Broadlands

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 15.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.7Highest 1.6Lowest

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.

Broadlands vs Clyde Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Broadlands

What daily life feels like in each

169 miles apart

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