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%

Buda$480/mo

Typical home $72K (Census) · tax rate 1.72% · or rent about $865/mo · Housing →

Montezuma Township$520/mo

Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 1.03% · 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

BudaMontezuma Township

Snow a year29″16″

January low14°F 19°F

July high85°F 88°F

Growing season (days)177d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 84th

Outdoors & history

BudaMontezuma Township

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—1.4%

Community

BudaMontezuma Township

Library hours a week28 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.

Where they are

134 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BudaIL Montezuma TownshipPike County

Buda ↔ Montezuma Township134 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

BudaMontezuma Township

People

Population 517Highest 417Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.4%Highest -22.8%Lowest

Median age 36±6.5Lowest 8% below IL 36.6±20.3Highest 6% below IL

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

Kids under 18 29.4%±5.2Highest IL: 21.8% 25.9%±10.9Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 16.2%±4.2Lowest IL: 17% 22.1%±5.9Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.1%Highest IL: 37.8% 8.6%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±2.7Highest IL: 6.3% 0%±4.4Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,771±$6kHighest 38% below IL $48,920±$4kLowest 41% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $71,600±$5kLowest 73% below IL $85,000±$30kHighest 68% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $865±$188 32% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,228Highest 77% below IL $873Lowest 84% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±100Highest IL: 47.9% 25%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 13.8%Lowest IL: 11.8% 28.5%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.7%Highest IL: 67.1% 86.5%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1943Lowest 28 yrs older than IL 1963Highest 8 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 8% above IL 17 minLowest 37% below IL

Work from home 3.4%±1.9Highest IL: 15.9% 1.7%±4.5Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Lowest 5.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.8 miHighest 28.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.42 0.42

Top workplaceoutside town Princeton (11%)Pittsfield (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Montezuma TownshipFew work in Buda

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.6Highest 2.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Buda vs Montezuma Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

134 miles apart

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