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 →

Lima$610/mo

Typical home $89K (Census) · tax rate 1.94% · 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

HenningLima

Snow a year20″23″

January low18°F 18°F

July high85°F 86°F

Growing season (days)180d 191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 58th

Outdoors & history

HenningLima

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1903 —

Community

HenningLima

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

194 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HenningIL LimaIL

Henning ↔ Lima194 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

HenningLima

People

Population 236Highest 224Lowest

Median age 37.8±6.2Highest 3% below IL 35.8±6.6Lowest 8% below IL

Henning and Lima 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% 37.5%±7Highest IL: 21.8%

Age 65+ 8.9%±12.9Lowest IL: 17% 12.5%±10.4Highest IL: 17%

Lima 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% 5.7%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±6.4Highest IL: 6.3% 0%±8.2Lowest IL: 6.3%

Henning and Lima 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 $74,375±$25kLowest 11% below IL

Henning and Lima 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 $88,800±$14kHighest 66% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,107±$217 13% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,429Lowest 73% below IL $1,725Highest 67% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75%±100Highest IL: 47.9% 0%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

Henning and Lima 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% 4.9%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest IL: 67.1% 78.7%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1955Highest 16 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 17% below IL 29 minHighest 5% above IL

Work from home 3.8%±4.2Lowest IL: 15.9% 12.4%±11.2Highest IL: 15.9%

Lima 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 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 30.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.81Highest 0.41Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Danville (24%)Quincy (45%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LimaFew work in Henning

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 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.2Lowest 74.9Highest

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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 Lima

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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What daily life feels like in each

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