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%

Flora$670/mo

Typical home $105K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $745/mo · Housing →

Harter Township$540/mo

Typical home $82K (Census) · tax rate 1.62% · or rent about $739/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Flora and Harter 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

Harter Township places higher on 8 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

B+FloraSafer than 71% of U.S. towns –Harter TownshipNot graded

Schools

–FloraNot graded B−Harter TownshipBetter than 52% of districts in the state

Health

C−FloraHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns C−Harter TownshipHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

5Flora

8Harter Township

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #310#721 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #429#334 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #687#613 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #848#775 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #639#586 Highest incomeIncome · 862 towns #819#770 Most educatedPeople · 862 towns #830#794 Lowest property taxCost of living · 860 towns #9#26

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

FloraHarter Township

Snow a year12″8″

January low21°F 23°F

July high89°F 88°F

Growing season (days)198d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 58th

Outdoors & history

FloraHarter Township

Trails0 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.3%0.3%

National Register places3 —

Archive photos11 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

FloraHarter Township

Library hours a week43 hrs 43 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

3 miles apart

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

FloraHarter Township

Flora ↔ Harter Township3.4 miles apart

Who commutes between them

850 Harter Township residents work in Flora (35.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Harter Township →

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

FloraHarter Township

People

Population 4,475Lowest 6,035Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.3%Lowest -3.7%Highest

Median age 39.3±3.9Highest about the IL average 38.7±3.4Lowest about the IL average

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

Kids under 18 21%±4.9Lowest IL: 21.8% 23.8%±4.1Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 22.3%±5Highest IL: 17% 22.2%±4.2Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Lowest IL: 37.8% 14.1%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.1%±3.3Highest IL: 6.3% 7.5%±2.9Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,148±$16kLowest 43% below IL $53,000±$11kHighest 36% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $77,300±$7kLowest 71% below IL $82,100±$12kHighest 69% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $745±$52Highest 42% below IL $739±$38Lowest 42% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,094Lowest 79% below IL $1,326Highest 75% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 15.1%±12.8Highest IL: 47.9% 14.1%±12.2Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 18.9%Highest IL: 11.8% 16.2%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Lowest IL: 67.1% 79.7%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 13 yrs older than IL 1963Highest 8 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 7% below IL 24 minLowest 15% below IL

Work from home 2.5%±3Highest IL: 15.9% 2.3%±2.4Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 38%Highest 22%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.57Highest 0.70Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Salem (6%)Flora (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Harter Township36% work in Flora

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3% 0.3%

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miLowest 4.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.8Highest 8.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#205 of 384 in IL

School district —Flora CUSD 35

High school in town —Flora High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.0

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.

Flora neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Flora’s Town Square.

Harter Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Harter Township’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Flora and Harter Township

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Flora

+ Compare

Creve Coeur4,621 people · $86K homes

+ Compare

Hillsboro5,803 people · $112K homes

+ Compare

Georgetown3,069 people · $72K homes

+ Compare

Hillsboro Township6,875 people · $102K homes

Not sure which town to add? Find your place ranks Illinois towns on what matters to you.Find your place →

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.

Flora vs Harter Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Harter Township places higher on 8 of 18 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

3 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Flora and Harter Township

Towns like Flora

Post to Flora

Check your email