Next-door neighbors in Aurora County. The biggest differences: home values (13.9× in Crystal Lake Township) and work from home (+84.8 pts in Crystal Lake Township).
A typical home costs $2,630 more a month in Crystal Lake Township
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.
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.
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.
Center TownshipCrystal Lake Township
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People
Population40Lowest43Highest
Median age59.9±4Highest 58% above SD59.6±4.8Lowest 57% above SD
Center Township and Crystal Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±70.7 SD: 24.2%0%±65.8 SD: 24.2%
Age 65+17.5%±80Lowest SD: 18%20.9%±82Highest SD: 18%
Crystal Lake Township and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
