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%

Donovan$580/mo

Typical home $87K (Census) · tax rate 1.76% · or rent about $1,021/mo · Housing →

Table Grove$520/mo

Typical home $76K (Census) · tax rate 1.97% · or rent about $794/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $800 a year, between Donovan and Table Grove.

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

DonovanTable Grove

Snow a year17″21″

January low16°F 16°F

July high85°F 86°F

Growing season (days)174d 185d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 25th

Outdoors & history

DonovanTable Grove

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.9%1.5%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—1

Famous people born here—1

Community

DonovanTable Grove

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

152 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DonovanIL Table GroveIL

Donovan ↔ Table Grove152 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

DonovanTable Grove

People

Population 281Lowest 306Highest

Median age 40.9±11.5Highest 5% above IL 39±12.1Lowest about the IL average

Donovan and Table Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.3%±9.1Lowest IL: 21.8% 26.5%±5.5Highest IL: 21.8%

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15.3%±9.3Lowest IL: 17% 20.6%±3Highest IL: 17%

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.8%Highest IL: 37.8% 11.4%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±4.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 4.6%±5Highest IL: 6.3%

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,917±$2kLowest 41% below IL $59,000±$20kHighest 29% below IL

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,100±$7kHighest 67% below IL $75,500±$9kLowest 71% below IL

Donovan and Table Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,021±$603Highest 20% below IL $794±$149Lowest 38% below IL

Donovan and Table Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,531Highest 71% below IL $1,489Lowest 72% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 72.7%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 88.2%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 18.9%Highest IL: 11.8% 17.3%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.5%Lowest IL: 67.1% 86.4%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1950Highest 21 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 47 minHighest 68% above IL 25 minLowest 11% below IL

Work from home 0.9%±1.8Lowest IL: 15.9% 2.5%±4.1Highest IL: 15.9%

Table Grove and Donovan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 4.3%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 24.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.11Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Watseka (11%)Macomb (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Table GroveFew work in Donovan

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Lowest 1.5%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 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 98.4Lowest 227Highest

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.

Donovan vs Table Grove

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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