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%

Campus$960/mo

Typical home $152K (Census) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $975/mo · Housing →

Reddick$1,790/mo

Typical home $262K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.92% · or rent about $1,125/mo · Housing →

The difference: $840 a month, about $10,100 a year, between Reddick and Campus.

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

CampusReddick

Snow a year23″23″

January low14°F 14°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)170d 170d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 61st

Outdoors & history

CampusReddick

Settled—1880

Famous people born here1 1

Community

CampusReddick

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

6 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CampusReddick

Campus ↔ Reddick5.9 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

CampusReddick

People

Population 172Lowest 202Highest

Median age 31.3±6.6Lowest 20% below IL 32.3±9.4Highest 17% below IL

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

Kids under 18 27.9%±6.3Lowest IL: 21.8% 36.1%±6Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 8.1%±18.8Lowest IL: 17% 15.8%±12.4Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.4%Lowest IL: 37.8% 18.3%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±10.7Lowest IL: 6.3% 3.5%±3.8Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $111,406±$8kHighest 34% above IL $84,063±$42kLowest about the IL average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $152,200±$50kLowest 42% below IL $154,500±$12kHighest 41% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $975±$88Lowest 23% below IL $1,125±$672Highest 12% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,906Lowest 64% below IL $2,969Highest 44% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 83.3%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Highest IL: 11.8% 7.5%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Lowest IL: 67.1% 91.3%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Highest 10 yrs older than IL 1942Lowest 29 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 41 minHighest 47% above IL 28 minLowest about the IL average

Work from home 3.1%±4Lowest IL: 15.9% 7.7%±7Highest IL: 15.9%

Reddick and Campus 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 25.3 miLowest 36.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.16Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Pontiac (13%)Chicago (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ReddickFew work in Campus

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 110Highest 46.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Campus vs Reddick

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $840 more a month in Reddick

What daily life feels like in each

6 miles apart

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