Next-door neighbors in Saline County. The biggest differences: median age (25.9 yrs in Long Branch Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+45.9 pts in Rector Township).
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.
Long Branch TownshipRector Township
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People
Population244Highest48Lowest
Median age58.5±18.6Highest 50% above IL32.6±0.4Lowest 16% below IL
Kids under 187.4%±15Lowest IL: 21.8%27.1%±72Highest IL: 21.8%
Rector Township and Long Branch Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+41.4%±19.1Highest IL: 17%0%±93.8Lowest IL: 17%
Long Branch Township and Rector Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
