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%

Cunningham Township$1,340/mo

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

Champaign$1,690/mo

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

Cunningham Township and Champaign share a border

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

Cunningham TownshipChampaign

Cunningham Township ↔ Champaign4.1 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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

9Cunningham Township

8Champaign

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

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

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

Cunningham TownshipChampaign

Snow a year21″21″

January low18°F 18°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)190d 190d

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

Outdoors & history

Cunningham TownshipChampaign

Trails9 mi 5 mi

Conserved land7.5%5.4%

Settled—1855

National Register places—27

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—59

Community

Cunningham TownshipChampaign

Library hours a week69 hrs 70 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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

Cunningham TownshipChampaign

People

Population 39,341Lowest 89,996Highest

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

Median age 26.1±1.2Lowest 33% below IL 26.6±0.9Highest 32% 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 13.2%±1.7Lowest IL: 21.8% 15.9%±1.1Highest 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+ 11.5%±1.3Highest IL: 17% 10.9%±0.8Lowest 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+ 56.7%Highest IL: 37.8% 52.7%Lowest IL: 37.8%

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

Cost of living

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

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.3%±4.5Highest IL: 47.9% 57%±3.6Lowest 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 28%Highest IL: 11.8% 25.9%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 18.6%±2.6Highest IL: 15.9% 17.3%±1.6Lowest 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 20.1%Lowest 44.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 mi 3.8 mi

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 38% work in ChampaignFew work in Cunningham Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 8.5 miHighest 5.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 25Lowest 55Highest

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

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?

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.

Cunningham Township vs Champaign

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Champaign

Cunningham Township and Champaign share a border

Cunningham Township places higher on 9 of 20 IL lists

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