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%

Eureka$1,540/mo

Typical home $218K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.21% · or rent about $692/mo · Housing →

Olio Township$1,020/mo

Typical home $146K (Census) · tax rate 2.06% · or rent about $715/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,300 a year, between Eureka and Olio 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.

Where they are

Eureka and Olio Township share a border

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

EurekaOlio Township

Eureka ↔ Olio Township2.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

359 Olio Township residents work in Eureka (17.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Olio Township →

Report cards

Eureka places higher on 11 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.

Schools

–EurekaNot graded AOlio TownshipBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

B+EurekaHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns B+Olio TownshipHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns

11Eureka

4Olio Township

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #309#769 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #288#699 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #326#609 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #738#503 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #473#631 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #202#87 Fewest smokersHealth · 861 towns #247#359 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #404#481

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

EurekaOlio Township

Snow a year21″21″

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

Outdoors & history

EurekaOlio Township

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land5.6%0.9%

Settled1855 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here8 —

Community

EurekaOlio Township

Library hours a week51 hrs 51 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

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

EurekaOlio Township

People

Population 5,007Highest 4,691Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.3%Highest -4.2%Lowest

Median age 42.2±11.9Highest 8% above IL 40.6±9.8Lowest 4% above IL

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

Kids under 18 18.7%±4.7Highest IL: 21.8% 17.2%±4.6Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 24.4%±4.7Highest IL: 17% 24%±5.5Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.2%Highest IL: 37.8% 28.1%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 11.2%±2.6Lowest IL: 6.3% 12.5%±3.2Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,048±$14kHighest 33% below IL $55,708±$16kLowest 33% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $154,300±$16kHighest 41% below IL $146,000±$13kLowest 45% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $692±$98Lowest 46% below IL $715±$73Highest 44% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,406Highest 36% below IL $3,006Lowest 43% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.8%±26.1Highest IL: 47.9% 54.7%±27.1Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.8%Lowest IL: 11.8% 11.6%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.6%Lowest IL: 67.1% 72.1%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 2 yrs older than IL 1962Lowest 9 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 14% above IL 27 minLowest about the IL average

Work from home 12.4%±6.4Highest IL: 15.9% 7.6%±3.7Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.3%Highest 15.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 mi 16.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.84Highest 0.81Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Peoria (13%)Eureka (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Olio Township18% work in Eureka

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.6%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.0Highest 6.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#31 of 384 in IL

School district —Woodford Cty Special Ed Assoc · Eureka CUD 140

High school in town —Eureka High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.4

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.

Eureka vs Olio Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $530 more a month in Eureka

Eureka and Olio Township share a border

Eureka places higher on 11 of 18 IL lists

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