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%

Dix$710/mo

Typical home $100K (Census) · tax rate 2.18% · or rent about $418/mo · Housing →

Rubicon Township$770/mo

Typical home $114K (Census) · tax rate 1.85% · or rent about $913/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $800 a year, between Rubicon Township and Dix.

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

DixRubicon Township

Snow a year10″18″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 65th

Outdoors & history

DixRubicon Township

Famous people born here3 —

Community

DixRubicon Township

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.

Where they are

94 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DixIL Rubicon TownshipGreene County

Dix ↔ Rubicon Township94 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

DixRubicon Township

People

Population 568Highest 466Lowest

Median age 39.2±4.9Highest about the IL average 38.2±14.1Lowest about the IL average

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±5.1Lowest IL: 21.8% 35.8%±26Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 20.2%±4.9Highest IL: 17% 9%±8.8Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13%Highest IL: 37.8% 4.9%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.3%±4Highest IL: 6.3% 1.5%±3.4Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,339±$24kLowest 44% below IL $67,679±$22kHighest 19% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $100,000±$50kLowest 62% below IL $113,600±$89kHighest 57% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $418±$83Lowest 67% below IL $913±$629Highest 28% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,177Highest 59% below IL $2,100Lowest 60% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 67.7%±20.1Highest IL: 47.9% 39.3%±61.1Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.7%Lowest IL: 11.8% 24.9%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.1%Lowest IL: 67.1% 59.4%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 12 yrs newer than IL 1971Lowest same as IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 8% below IL 37 minHighest 35% above IL

Work from home 3.6%±5.6Lowest IL: 15.9% 10.7%±7.2Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 24.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mount Vernon (30%)Greenfield (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rubicon TownshipFew work in Dix

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.3Highest 1.8Lowest

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.

Dix vs Rubicon Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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