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Kerr Township vs Button Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (4.6× in Button Township) and typical home built (37 yrs in Button Township).

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Kerr Township, ILA small town of 177Champaign County · 177 people
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Button Township, ILA small town of 139Ford County · 139 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Kerr TownshipA small town of 177
Quiet strengthsKerr Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Button TownshipA small town of 139
Quiet strengthsButton Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Button Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Jobs per worker4.6×
Button Township is more of a job hub
Button Township 0.32Kerr Township 0.07
Typical home built37 yrs
Button Township’s homes are older
Kerr Township 1975Button Township 1938
Bachelor’s degree++9.8 pts
More adults in Kerr Township have a degree
Kerr Township 31.4%Button Township 21.6%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Kerr Township and Button Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Kerr TownshipButton TownshipKerr TownshipButton Township
Kerr Township ↔ Button Township7.0 miles apart · They share a border
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
Kerr TownshipButton Township
Snow a year18″18″
January low15°F15°F
July high84°F84°F
Growing season (days)170d170d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd48th
Outdoors & history
Kerr TownshipButton Township
Trails9 mi7 mi
Conserved land2%0.1%
Famous people born here1—
Community
Kerr TownshipButton Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

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.

Kerr TownshipButton Township
People
Population 177Highest 139Lowest
Median age 39.2±21.8Lowest about the IL average 44.1±26.3Highest 13% above IL
Button Township and Kerr Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 26.6%±20.8Highest IL: 21.8% 25.2%±19.2Lowest IL: 21.8%
Kerr Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 16.4%±22.2Highest IL: 17% 13.7%±28.6Lowest IL: 17%
Kerr Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.4%Highest IL: 37.8% 21.6%Lowest IL: 37.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 15.8%±16.4Highest IL: 6.3% 0%±13.2Lowest IL: 6.3%
Kerr Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $135,521±$45kHighest 63% above IL $102,083±$31kLowest 22% above IL
Kerr Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $106,300±$56k 60% below IL
Property taxmedian, yearly $3,682Highest 31% below IL $3,636Lowest 31% below IL
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 IL: 47.9%
Below poverty line 0% IL: 11.8% 0% IL: 11.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 70.2%Lowest IL: 67.1% 70.8%Highest IL: 67.1%
Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 4 yrs newer than IL 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 min 6% below IL —
Work from home 14.3%±10.7Highest IL: 15.9% 5.7%±9.3Lowest IL: 15.9%
Kerr Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.9%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miLowest 22.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.07Lowest 0.32Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Champaign (23%)Paxton (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Button TownshipFew work in Kerr Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 2%Highest 0.1%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 9.3 miHighest 7.4 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9Lowest 1.2Highest
Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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