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%

Henning$570/mo

Typical home $86K (Census) · tax rate 1.66% · or rent about $1,107/mo · Housing →

Cedar Point$620/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 1.99% · or rent about $1,288/mo · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between Cedar Point and Henning.

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

HenningCedar Point

Snow a year20″29″

January low18°F 14°F

July high85°F 84°F

Growing season (days)180d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 25th

Outdoors & history

HenningCedar Point

Settled1903 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

HenningCedar Point

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

100 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HenningIL Cedar PointIL

Henning ↔ Cedar Point100 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

HenningCedar Point

People

Population 236Lowest 262Highest

Median age 37.8±6.2Lowest 3% below IL 38.7±9.7Highest about the IL average

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

Kids under 18 18.6%±5Lowest IL: 21.8% 22.9%±9.1Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 8.9%±12.9Lowest IL: 17% 18.7%±7.9Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 1.4%Lowest IL: 37.8% 8%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±6.4Lowest IL: 6.3% 5%±4.6Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,500±$41kHighest 5% below IL $73,125±$46kLowest 12% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $86,000±$23kLowest 67% below IL $90,000±$23kHighest 66% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,107±$217Lowest 13% below IL $1,288±$152Highest about the IL average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,429Lowest 73% below IL $1,788Highest 66% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75%±100Highest IL: 47.9% 68.2%±88.7Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.2%Highest IL: 11.8% 5%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Lowest IL: 67.1% 80.7%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1952Highest 19 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 17% below IL 24 minHighest 14% below IL

Work from home 3.8%±4.2Lowest IL: 15.9% 9%±5.2Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 30.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.81Highest 0.02Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Danville (24%)Peru (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cedar PointFew work in Henning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.2Lowest 22.5Highest

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.

Henning vs Cedar Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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