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%

Kinderhook$450/mo

Typical home $71K (Census) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $656/mo · Housing →

Bulpitt$500/mo

Typical home $78K (Census) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $825/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

KinderhookBulpitt

Snow a year17″14″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 40th

Community

KinderhookBulpitt

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

92 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KinderhookIL BulpittIL

Kinderhook ↔ Bulpitt92 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

KinderhookBulpitt

People

Population 249Highest 185Lowest

Median age 31.2±13.8Lowest 20% below IL 31.3±10.2Highest 20% below IL

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

Kids under 18 26.1%±10.8Highest IL: 21.8% 15.7%±11.8Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±3.8Highest IL: 17% 13.5%±16.9Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.5%Highest IL: 37.8% 4.3%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±8.4Lowest IL: 6.3% 13%±13.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,536±$14kLowest 27% below IL $75,000±$17kHighest 10% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $70,800±$25kLowest 73% below IL $78,300±$14kHighest 70% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $656±$70Lowest 49% below IL $825±$238Highest 35% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,000Lowest 81% below IL $1,114Highest 79% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.4%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 50%±98.7Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 16.6%Highest IL: 11.8% 2.7%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72%Highest IL: 67.1% 71.4%Lowest IL: 67.1%

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

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 18% below IL 28 minHighest about the IL average

Work from home 8.5%±8.8Lowest IL: 15.9% 14.5%±10.9Highest IL: 15.9%

Bulpitt and Kinderhook 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 21.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Quincy (18%)Springfield (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BulpittFew work in Kinderhook

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 5.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.2Lowest 220Highest

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.

Kinderhook vs Bulpitt

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

92 miles apart

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