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%

Elgin$2,420/mo

Typical home $340K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.27% · or rent about $1,361/mo · Housing →

Dundee Township$2,010/mo

Typical home $278K (Census) · tax rate 2.38% · or rent about $1,537/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Elgin and Dundee 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

Dundee Township places higher on 12 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

B−ElginSafer than 51% of U.S. towns –Dundee TownshipNot graded

Schools

–ElginNot graded BDundee TownshipBetter than 59% of districts in the state

Health

BElginHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns A−Dundee TownshipHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns

7Elgin

12Dundee Township

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

Most activeHealth · 861 towns #671#321 Highest graduation rateSchools · 669 towns #497#237 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #268#45 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #483#248 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #828#617 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #235#442 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #228#29 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #122#321

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Elgin’s rankings →

Where they are

Elgin and Dundee Township share a border

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

ElginDundee Township

Elgin ↔ Dundee Township5.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

3,407 Dundee Township residents work in Elgin (11.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Dundee Township →

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

ElginDundee Township

Snow a year32″32″

January low14°F 14°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)174d 174d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 18th

Outdoors & history

ElginDundee Township

Trails20 mi 55 mi

Conserved land7.1%21%

Settled1835 1835

National Register places12 —

Archive photos12 3

Famous people born here—8

Community

ElginDundee Township

Library hours a week71 hrs 65 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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.

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Only big differences vs Illinois average

ElginDundee Township

People

Population 114,934Highest 64,400Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.1%Highest +0.9%Lowest

Median age 36.7±1.3Highest 6% below IL 36.2±1.3Lowest 7% below IL

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

Kids under 18 25.3%±1.4Highest IL: 21.8% 24.4%±1.7Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 13.5%±1Highest IL: 17% 12.5%±1.1Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Lowest IL: 37.8% 33.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±0.6Highest IL: 6.3% 5.7%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,282±$3kLowest 8% above IL $98,089±$7kHighest 18% above IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $273,000±$6kLowest 4% above IL $278,000±$12kHighest 6% above IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,361±$65Lowest 7% above IL $1,537±$90Highest 21% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,184Lowest 17% above IL $6,619Highest 25% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49%±5.1Highest IL: 47.9% 45.1%±6.1Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 9.8%Highest IL: 11.8% 7.9%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.9%Lowest IL: 67.1% 72.2%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 6 yrs newer than IL 1985Highest 14 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest about the IL average 29 minHighest 4% above IL

Work from home 12.8%±1.4Lowest IL: 15.9% 14.1%±1.9Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.8%Highest 14.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 14.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.01Lowest 1.10Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (11%)Elgin (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Dundee Township12% work in Elgin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.1%Lowest 21%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 19.7 miLowest 55.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 76Highest 51Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.9Highest 49.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#236 of 384 in IL

School district —Kane ROE · Elgin Math and Science Acad Chtr

High school in town —Dundee-Crown High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.5

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.

Elgin vs Dundee Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Elgin

Dundee Township places higher on 12 of 20 IL lists

Elgin and Dundee Township share a border

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