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%

Dunham Township$1,780/mo

Typical home $247K (Census) · tax rate 2.34% · or rent about $1,165/mo · Housing →

Berkeley$2,270/mo

Typical home $309K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.52% · or rent about $1,434/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Berkeley and Dunham 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.

Report cards

Berkeley places higher on 12 of 18 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

–Dunham TownshipNot graded B+BerkeleySafer than 70% of U.S. towns

Schools

D−Dunham TownshipBetter than 3% of districts in the state –BerkeleyNot graded

Health

B−Dunham TownshipHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns BBerkeleyHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns

4Dunham Township

12Berkeley

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #852#312 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #720#246 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #388#42 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #554#272 Fewest smokersHealth · 861 towns #447#247 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #427#248 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #481#621 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #337#233

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

Dunham TownshipBerkeley

Snow a year32″42″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)13th 47th

Outdoors & history

Dunham TownshipBerkeley

Trails7 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.1%1.3%

Archive photos—12

Community

Dunham TownshipBerkeley

Library hours a week—54 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Dunham TownshipMcHenry County BerkeleyIL

Dunham Township ↔ Berkeley50 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

Dunham TownshipBerkeley

People

Population 2,777Lowest 5,199Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest +2.5%Highest

Median age 29.9±6.3Lowest 23% below IL 33.6±5Highest 14% below IL

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±10.1Highest IL: 21.8% 26.9%±9.3Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±6.6Lowest IL: 17% 17%±5.2Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.1%Lowest IL: 37.8% 18.6%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.7%±1.3Lowest IL: 6.3% 3.9%±2.1Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $92,697±$45kHighest 11% above IL $85,823±$14kLowest about the IL average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $247,400±$55kHighest 6% below IL $246,900±$21kLowest 6% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,165±$220Lowest 9% below IL $1,434±$210Highest 13% above IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,796Lowest 9% above IL $6,224Highest 17% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 89.3%±37Highest IL: 47.9% 74.2%±55.1Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 0.9%Lowest IL: 11.8% 17.5%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.3%Lowest IL: 67.1% 82%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 11 yrs newer than IL 1955Lowest 16 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the IL average 28 minHighest about the IL average

Work from home 5.4%±5.6Lowest IL: 15.9% 14.5%±9.5Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.7%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.87Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (10%)Chicago (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BerkeleyFew work in Dunham Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.5Lowest 67.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #374 of 384 in IL—

School district Harvard CUSD 50—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Dunham Township vs Berkeley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Berkeley

Berkeley places higher on 12 of 18 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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