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Bulpitt vs Kinderhook

92 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (5.2× in Bulpitt) and average commute (5 min in Kinderhook).

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Bulpitt, ILA small town of 185Illinois · 185 people
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Kinderhook, ILA small town of 249Illinois · 249 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

BulpittA small town of 185
Quiet strengthsBulpitt doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Bulpitt →
KinderhookA small town of 249
Quiet strengthsKinderhook doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Kinderhook →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid5.2×
Bulpitt has the more walkable street grid
Bulpitt 220Kinderhook 42.2
Average commute5 min
Kinderhook has the shorter commute
Bulpitt 28 minKinderhook 23 min
Typical home built14 yrs
Bulpitt’s homes are older
Kinderhook 1952Bulpitt 1938
Bachelor’s degree++8.2 pts
More adults in Kinderhook have a degree
Kinderhook 12.5%Bulpitt 4.3%
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Bulpitt$500/mo
Typical home $78K (Census) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →
Kinderhook$450/mo
Typical home $71K (Census) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $656/mo · 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
BulpittKinderhook
Snow a year14″17″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th87th
Community
BulpittKinderhook
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

92 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BulpittILKinderhookIL
Bulpitt ↔ Kinderhook92 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.

BulpittKinderhook
People
Population 185Lowest 249Highest
Median age 31.3±10.2Highest 20% below IL 31.2±13.8Lowest 20% below IL
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 15.7%±11.8Lowest IL: 21.8% 26.1%±10.8Highest IL: 21.8%
Kinderhook and Bulpitt are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 13.5%±16.9Lowest IL: 17% 21.7%±3.8Highest IL: 17%
Kinderhook and Bulpitt are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.3%Lowest IL: 37.8% 12.5%Highest IL: 37.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 13%±13.3Highest IL: 6.3% 4.8%±8.4Lowest IL: 6.3%
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $75,000±$17kHighest 10% below IL $60,536±$14kLowest 27% below IL
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $78,300±$14kHighest 70% below IL $70,800±$25kLowest 73% below IL
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $825±$238Highest 35% below IL $656±$70Lowest 49% below IL
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,114Highest 79% below IL $1,000Lowest 81% below IL
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±98.7Highest IL: 47.9% 47.4%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 2.7%Lowest IL: 11.8% 16.6%Highest IL: 11.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 71.4%Lowest IL: 67.1% 72%Highest IL: 67.1%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1952Highest 19 yrs older than IL
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the IL average 23 minLowest 18% below IL
Work from home 14.5%±10.9Highest IL: 15.9% 8.5%±8.8Lowest IL: 15.9%
Bulpitt and Kinderhook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (24%)Quincy (18%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KinderhookFew work in Bulpitt
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 5.4%Highest 0.5%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 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 220Highest 42.2Lowest
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.

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