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%

Holcomb$900/mo

Typical home $131K (Census) · tax rate 1.98% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

Osage Township$1,170/mo

Typical home $173K (Census) · tax rate 1.84% · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Osage Township and Holcomb.

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

HolcombOsage Township

Snow a year37″22″

January low15°F 15°F

July high84°F 86°F

Growing season (days)174d 173d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 30th

Outdoors & history

HolcombOsage Township

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1876 —

Community

HolcombOsage Township

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

70 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HolcombIL Osage TownshipLaSalle County

Holcomb ↔ Osage Township70 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

HolcombOsage Township

People

Population 152Lowest 188Highest

Median age 59.9±7.9Highest 54% above IL 59±4.9Lowest 51% above IL

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

Kids under 18 12.5%±20.2Highest IL: 21.8% 0%±19.6Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 31.6%±21.7Highest IL: 17% 11.7%±22.7Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.6%Lowest IL: 37.8% 16.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±9.4Lowest IL: 6.3% 2.7%±8Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,125±$20kHighest 18% below IL $58,250±$5kLowest 30% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $130,600±$20kLowest 50% below IL $173,200±$92kHighest 34% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $850±$436 33% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,583Lowest 51% below IL $3,191Highest 40% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±100 IL: 47.9% —

Below poverty line 21.7%Highest IL: 11.8% 14.4%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.9%Lowest IL: 67.1% 100%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938 33 yrs older than IL 1938 33 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 3% above IL 20 minLowest 28% below IL

Work from home 0%±21Lowest IL: 15.9% 17.2%±8.5Highest IL: 15.9%

Osage Township and Holcomb 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 13.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.20Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Rockford (30%)Streator (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Osage TownshipFew work in Holcomb

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

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 306Highest 1.7Lowest

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.

Holcomb vs Osage Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Osage Township

What daily life feels like in each

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