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%

Campton Township$3,400/mo

Typical home $490K (Census) · tax rate 2.04%+ · or rent about $2,206/mo · Housing →

Winfield$2,730/mo

Typical home $386K (Census) · tax rate 2.19% · or rent about $1,493/mo · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,100 a year, between Campton Township and Winfield.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Winfield places higher on 12 of 18 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.

Safety

–Campton TownshipNot graded AWinfieldSafer than 93% of U.S. towns

Schools

ACampton TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state –WinfieldNot graded

Health

ACampton TownshipHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns AWinfieldHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

4Campton Township

12Winfield

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #606#106 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #416#89 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #284#8 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #815#645 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #755#615 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #135#240 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #213#126 Lowest property taxCost of living · 860 towns #827#745

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

Campton TownshipWinfield

Snow a year39″46″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 60th

Outdoors & history

Campton TownshipWinfield

Trails32 mi 2 mi

Conserved land13.1%16.5%

Settled—1921

Archive photos—16

Famous people born here—21

Community

Campton TownshipWinfield

Library hours a week—62 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

15 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Campton TownshipWinfield

Campton Township ↔ Winfield15 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

Campton TownshipWinfield

People

Population 17,093Highest 10,095Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.6%Lowest +8.3%Highest

Median age 43.4±1.3Lowest 11% above IL 44±3.9Highest 13% above IL

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

Kids under 18 26%±2.4Highest IL: 21.8% 21.2%±3.5Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 17.3%±2.5Lowest IL: 17% 21.9%±3.1Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.6%Lowest IL: 37.8% 59.7%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 5.2%±1.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $181,066±$20kHighest 117% above IL $135,795±$20kLowest 63% above IL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $490,000±$17kHighest 86% above IL $386,300±$17kLowest 47% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,206±$222Highest 73% above IL $1,493±$373Lowest 17% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 89% above IL $8,460Lowest 60% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.9%±29.8Lowest IL: 47.9% 46.2%±15.3Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 2%Lowest IL: 11.8% 3.2%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.7%Highest IL: 67.1% 91.9%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 20 yrs newer than IL 1986Lowest 15 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 16% above IL 29 minLowest 4% above IL

Work from home 20.7%±3.5Lowest IL: 15.9% 26.5%±4.9Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.1%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 1.83Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (13%)Chicago (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WinfieldFew work in Campton Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 13.1%Lowest 16.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 31.7 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 16Lowest 18Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.6Lowest 97.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #37 of 384 in IL—

School district Central CUSD 301 · Kaneland CUSD 302—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Campton Township vs Winfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Campton Township

Winfield places higher on 12 of 18 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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