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%

Fillmore$1,230/mo

Typical home $186K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.60% · Housing →

Perry$570/mo

Typical home $87K (Census) · tax rate 1.53% · or rent about $396/mo · Housing →

The difference: $660 a month, about $7,900 a year, between Fillmore and Perry.

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

FillmorePerry

Snow a year13″21″

January low19°F 18°F

July high85°F 87°F

Growing season (days)185d 179d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 55th

Outdoors & history

FillmorePerry

National Register places—1

Famous people born here1 —

Community

FillmorePerry

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

91 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FillmoreIL PerryIL

Fillmore ↔ Perry91 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

FillmorePerry

People

Population 241Highest 206Lowest

Median age 55.3±6.8Lowest 42% above IL 56.6±4.2Highest 45% above IL

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

Kids under 18 10.8%±7.6Highest IL: 21.8% 8.7%±7.5Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 27%±9Lowest IL: 17% 36.4%±5.1Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.2%Lowest IL: 37.8% 11.4%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±4.3Highest IL: 6.3% 3.4%±7.1Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,813±$15kHighest 43% below IL $44,792±$35kLowest 46% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $66,400±$14kLowest 75% below IL $86,900±$12kHighest 67% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $396±$394 69% below IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,065Lowest 80% below IL $1,333Highest 75% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 16.7%±95.8Lowest IL: 47.9% 26.7%±89Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 16.6%Lowest IL: 11.8% 18.9%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.5%Lowest IL: 67.1% 81.9%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1947Lowest 24 yrs older than IL 1961Highest 10 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest about the IL average 31 minHighest 12% above IL

Work from home 7.8%±7.4Highest IL: 15.9% 5.7%±6.2Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 45.8 miHighest 27.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.49Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hillsboro (13%)Springfield (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PerryFew work in Fillmore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.3Lowest 108Highest

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.

Fillmore vs Perry

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $660 more a month in Fillmore

What daily life feels like in each

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