Next-door neighbors in Saline County. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (14.2× in Cottage Township) and home values (2.7× in Mountain Township).
A typical home costs $1,070 more a month in Mountain 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.
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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.
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People
Population133Lowest262Highest
Median age46.7±25.3Lowest 20% above IL54.8±27.8Highest 41% above IL
Mountain Township and Cottage Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1821.1%±33.6Highest IL: 21.8%4.6%±14.6Lowest IL: 21.8%
Cottage Township and Mountain Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+27.8%±20.4Lowest IL: 17%45%±7Highest IL: 17%
Mountain Township and Cottage 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.
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