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%

Cahokia Township$610/mo

Typical home $97K (Census) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

Tyrone Township$520/mo

Typical home $83K (Census) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $814/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Cahokia Township and Tyrone 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.

Report cards

Tyrone Township places higher on 9 of 17 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.

Schools

–Cahokia TownshipNot graded CTyrone TownshipBetter than 28% of districts in the state

Health

C+Cahokia TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns C−Tyrone TownshipHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns

6Cahokia Township

9Tyrone Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #741#314 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #481#737 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #794#610 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #512#671 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #641#762 Fewest smokersHealth · 861 towns #637#729 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #716#636 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #676#602

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

Cahokia TownshipTyrone Township

Snow a year14″12″

January low—24°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—199d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 73rd

Outdoors & history

Cahokia TownshipTyrone Township

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land0.6%—

Settled—1884

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Cahokia TownshipTyrone Township

Library hours a week36 hrs 29 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

87 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cahokia TownshipMacoupin County Tyrone TownshipFranklin County

Cahokia Township ↔ Tyrone Township87 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

Cahokia TownshipTyrone Township

People

Population 3,128Lowest 4,636Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.7%Lowest +1.1%Highest

Median age 48.2±4.8Lowest 24% above IL 49.6±4.9Highest 27% above IL

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

Kids under 18 16.9%±4Lowest IL: 21.8% 17.2%±3.5Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 23.9%±4.4Lowest IL: 17% 26.3%±4.4Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12%Lowest IL: 37.8% 14.3%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 2.5%±1.2Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,132±$9kHighest 31% below IL $50,878±$7kLowest 39% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $96,900±$18kHighest 63% below IL $83,400±$16kLowest 68% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $860±$88Highest 32% below IL $814±$189Lowest 36% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,197Highest 77% below IL $1,019Lowest 81% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.2%±16.3Lowest IL: 47.9% 58.9%±23.5Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 15.1%Lowest IL: 11.8% 15.7%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.9%Lowest IL: 67.1% 79.7%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1950Lowest 21 yrs older than IL 1956Highest 15 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 5% below IL 27 minHighest 4% below IL

Work from home 3.4%±2.1Lowest IL: 15.9% 7.6%±3.8Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 10.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (7%)Mount Vernon (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Tyrone TownshipFew work in Cahokia Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 0.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.9Lowest 14.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#320 of 384 in IL

School district —Franklin-Jefferson Co Sp Ed Dist · Christopher USD 99

High school in town —Christopher High

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.8

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.

Cahokia Township vs Tyrone Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Tyrone Township places higher on 9 of 17 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

87 miles apart

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