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%

Cedar Point$620/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 1.99% · or rent about $1,288/mo · Housing →

Henning$570/mo

Typical home $86K (Census) · tax rate 1.66% · or rent about $1,107/mo · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between Cedar Point and Henning.

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

Cedar PointHenning

Snow a year29″20″

January low14°F 18°F

July high84°F 85°F

Growing season (days)176d 180d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 59th

Outdoors & history

Cedar PointHenning

Settled—1903

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Cedar PointHenning

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

100 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cedar PointIL HenningIL

Cedar Point ↔ Henning100 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

Cedar PointHenning

People

Population 262Highest 236Lowest

Median age 38.7±9.7Highest about the IL average 37.8±6.2Lowest 3% below IL

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±9.1Highest IL: 21.8% 18.6%±5Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±7.9Highest IL: 17% 8.9%±12.9Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8%Highest IL: 37.8% 1.4%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±4.6Highest IL: 6.3% 2.1%±6.4Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,125±$46kLowest 12% below IL $79,500±$41kHighest 5% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $90,000±$23kHighest 66% below IL $86,000±$23kLowest 67% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,288±$152Highest about the IL average $1,107±$217Lowest 13% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,788Highest 66% below IL $1,429Lowest 73% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.2%±88.7Lowest IL: 47.9% 75%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 5%Lowest IL: 11.8% 7.2%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.7%Highest IL: 67.1% 80%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Highest 19 yrs older than IL 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 14% below IL 23 minLowest 17% below IL

Work from home 9%±5.2Highest IL: 15.9% 3.8%±4.2Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 30.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.02Lowest 1.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Peru (19%)Danville (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HenningFew work in Cedar Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 22.5Highest 15.2Lowest

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.

Cedar Point vs Henning

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