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%

Custer Park$1,250/mo

Typical home $175K (Census) · tax rate 2.29% · Housing →

Allison Township$420/mo

Typical home $77K (Census) · tax rate 0.26% · Housing →

The difference: $830 a month, about $10,000 a year, between Custer Park and Allison 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.

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

Custer ParkAllison Township

Snow a year27″9″

January low—22°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—197d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 77th

Outdoors & history

Custer ParkAllison Township

Trails—15 mi

Conserved land—9.8%

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Community

Custer ParkAllison Township

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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

177 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Custer ParkIL Allison TownshipLawrence County

Custer Park ↔ Allison Township177 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

Custer ParkAllison Township

People

Population 459Lowest 502Highest

Median age 28.8±2.7Lowest 26% below IL 30.7±0.4Highest 21% below IL

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

Kids under 18 32.2%±49.5Highest IL: 21.8% 13.3%±13Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 2.6%±8.9Lowest IL: 17% 18.3%±15.2Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.5%Lowest IL: 37.8% 9.2%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±4 IL: 6.3% 0%±3.7 IL: 6.3%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $178,602±$45kHighest 114% above IL $54,195±$731Lowest 35% below IL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $175,000±$126kHighest 34% below IL $76,700±$69kLowest 71% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,000Highest 24% below IL $199Lowest 96% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 IL: 47.9% 0%±10.6 IL: 47.9%

Below poverty line 3.7%Highest IL: 11.8% 0%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 25.5%Highest IL: 67.1% 23.5%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 4 yrs newer than IL 2013Highest 42 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 45 minHighest 63% above IL 13 minLowest 53% below IL

Work from home 0%±5.6Lowest IL: 15.9% 4.1%±7.1Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 20.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 8.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (14%)Lawrenceville (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Allison TownshipFew work in Custer Park

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 9.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 15.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.2Highest 2.8Lowest

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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.

Custer Park vs Allison Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $830 more a month in Custer Park

What daily life feels like in each

177 miles apart

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