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

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

Health

C+GeorgetownHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns C−FloraHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

13Georgetown

8Flora

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #268#817 Most-used librariesLibraries · 262 towns #185#45 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #202#507 Most new homesHousing · 431 towns #337#190 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #508#789 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #61#310 Most library borrowingLibraries · 262 towns #226#151 Highest graduation rateSchools · 669 towns #237#428

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Georgetown$690/mo

Typical home $103K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

Flora$670/mo

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

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

GeorgetownFlora

Snow a year15″12″

January low—21°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—198d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 47th

Outdoors & history

GeorgetownFlora

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0.3%

Settled1826 —

National Register places—3

Archive photos3 11

Famous people born here4 3

Community

GeorgetownFlora

Library hours a week36 hrs 43 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

101 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GeorgetownIL FloraIL

Georgetown ↔ Flora101 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

GeorgetownFlora

People

Population 3,069Lowest 4,475Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.5%Lowest -5.3%Highest

Median age 40.9±6.2Highest 5% above IL 39.3±3.9Lowest about the IL average

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±7.1Highest IL: 21.8% 21%±4.9Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 18.4%±5.3Lowest IL: 17% 22.3%±5Highest IL: 17%

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±4.4Lowest IL: 6.3% 8.1%±3.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,182±$5kHighest 30% below IL $47,148±$16kLowest 43% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $71,800±$19kLowest 73% below IL $77,300±$7kHighest 71% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $757±$42Highest 41% below IL $745±$52Lowest 42% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,223Highest 77% below IL $1,094Lowest 79% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.9%±17.2Highest IL: 47.9% 15.1%±12.8Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 17.3%Lowest IL: 11.8% 18.9%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.3%Lowest IL: 67.1% 76.2%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 20 yrs older than IL 1958Highest 13 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the IL average 26 minLowest 7% below IL

Work from home 14%±7.6Highest IL: 15.9% 2.5%±3Lowest IL: 15.9%

Work in townworking residents 6.3%Lowest 38%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 1.57Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Danville (27%)Salem (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FloraFew work in Georgetown

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Highest 67.8Lowest

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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1 neighbor in Georgetown can answer.

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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.

Georgetown vs Flora

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Georgetown places higher on 13 of 21 IL lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

101 miles apart

What matters to you?

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