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%

Champaign$1,690/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.20% · or rent about $1,123/mo · Housing →

Cunningham Township$1,340/mo

Typical home $185K (Census) · tax rate 2.43% · or rent about $972/mo · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,200 a year, between Champaign and Cunningham 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.

Where they are

Champaign and Cunningham Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ChampaignCunningham Township

Champaign ↔ Cunningham Township4.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

4,765 Cunningham Township residents work in Champaign (38.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Cunningham Township →

Report cards

Cunningham Township places higher on 9 of 20 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

C−ChampaignSafer than 19% of U.S. towns –Cunningham TownshipNot graded

Schools

–ChampaignNot graded DCunningham TownshipBetter than 12% of districts in the state

Health

B+ChampaignHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns B+Cunningham TownshipHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

8Champaign

9Cunningham Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #78#751 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #458#184 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #565#388 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #443#335 Highest incomeIncome · 862 towns #739#831 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #295#214 Highest graduation rateSchools · 669 towns #524#585 Most affordableCost of living · 861 towns #434#372

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

ChampaignCunningham Township

Snow a year21″21″

January low18°F 18°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)190d 190d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 39th

Outdoors & history

ChampaignCunningham Township

Trails5 mi 9 mi

Conserved land5.4%7.5%

Settled1855 —

National Register places27 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here59 —

Community

ChampaignCunningham Township

Library hours a week70 hrs 69 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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.

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

ChampaignCunningham Township

People

Population 89,996Highest 39,341Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.9%Highest -7.1%Lowest

Median age 26.6±0.9Highest 32% below IL 26.1±1.2Lowest 33% below IL

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

Kids under 18 15.9%±1.1Highest IL: 21.8% 13.2%±1.7Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 10.9%±0.8Lowest IL: 17% 11.5%±1.3Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 52.7%Lowest IL: 37.8% 56.7%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 30.1%±1.6Lowest IL: 6.3% 35.6%±2.5Highest IL: 6.3%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,118±$4kHighest 33% below IL $45,346±$5kLowest 46% below IL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $210,900±$8kHighest 20% below IL $184,900±$10kLowest 30% below IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,123±$30Highest 12% below IL $972±$33Lowest 24% below IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,639Highest 12% below IL $4,491Lowest 15% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57%±3.6Lowest IL: 47.9% 58.3%±4.5Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 25.9%Lowest IL: 11.8% 28%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 43.8%Highest IL: 67.1% 37.3%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 14 yrs newer than IL 1980Lowest 9 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minHighest 46% below IL 14 minLowest 49% below IL

Work from home 17.3%±1.6Lowest IL: 15.9% 18.6%±2.6Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 44.6%Highest 20.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 mi 3.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.54Lowest 1.69Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Urbana (15%)Champaign (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cunningham Township38% work in Champaign

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.4%Lowest 7.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.1 miLowest 8.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 55Highest 25Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.0Highest 94.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#332 of 384 in IL

School district —University of Ill Lab School · Champaign/Ford ROE

High school in town —Urbana High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.9

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.

Champaign vs Cunningham Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Champaign

Champaign and Cunningham Township share a border

Cunningham Township places higher on 9 of 20 IL lists

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