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%

Fairview$610/mo

Typical home $91K (Census) · tax rate 1.72% · or rent about $706/mo · Housing →

Embarrass Township$470/mo

Typical home $75K (Census) · tax rate 1.22% · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between Fairview and Embarrass 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.

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

FairviewEmbarrass Township

Snow a year14″18″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 57th

Outdoors & history

FairviewEmbarrass Township

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—0%

Archive photos1 —

Community

FairviewEmbarrass Township

Library hours a week24 hrs —

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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FairviewIL Embarrass TownshipEdgar County

Fairview ↔ Embarrass Township138 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

FairviewEmbarrass Township

People

Population 324Lowest 458Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -18.4%Lowest -7.6%Highest

Median age 55.8±7.7Lowest 43% above IL 57.3±7.8Highest 47% above IL

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

Kids under 18 15.7%±6.8Lowest IL: 21.8% 16.4%±4.1Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 33%±6.4 IL: 17% 33%±8.4 IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.1%Highest IL: 37.8% 12.2%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±2.3Highest IL: 6.3% 2%±1.5Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,125±$18kHighest 30% below IL $55,938±$17kLowest 33% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $91,400±$12kHighest 65% below IL $75,200±$9kLowest 71% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $706±$130 45% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,571Highest 70% below IL $914Lowest 83% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 11.1%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 18.2%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 9.6% IL: 11.8% 9.6% IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.3%Highest IL: 67.1% 90.2%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1947Highest 24 yrs older than IL 1942Lowest 29 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 15% below IL 30 minHighest 8% above IL

Work from home 3.9%±3Lowest IL: 15.9% 5.1%±4.4Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.1%Highest 2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Highest 0.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Canton (19%)Paris (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Embarrass TownshipFew work in Fairview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.5Highest 3.4Lowest

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.

Fairview vs Embarrass Township

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Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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