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%

Makanda Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $198K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.18% · or rent about $925/mo · Housing →

Kickapoo Township$2,080/mo

Typical home $291K (Census) · tax rate 2.28% · or rent about $1,452/mo · Housing →

The difference: $680 a month, about $8,200 a year, between Kickapoo Township and Makanda Township.

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.

Report cards

Kickapoo Township places higher on 13 of 20 IL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Illinois ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+Makanda TownshipBetter than 68% of districts in the state A−Kickapoo TownshipBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

BMakanda TownshipHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns AKickapoo TownshipHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns

7Makanda Township

13Kickapoo Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #760#29 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #576#108 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #295#629 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #476#138 Highest incomeIncome · 862 towns #396#166 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #321#94 Best schoolsSchools · 384 towns #113#13 Fewest smokersHealth · 861 towns #359#170

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Makanda Township’s rankings →

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

Makanda TownshipKickapoo Township

Snow a year11″26″

January low23°F 18°F

July high88°F 86°F

Growing season (days)195d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th 28th

Outdoors & history

Makanda TownshipKickapoo Township

Trails38 mi 33 mi

Conserved land14.3%12.9%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos24 —

Community

Makanda TownshipKickapoo 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

216 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Makanda TownshipJackson County Kickapoo TownshipPeoria County

Makanda Township ↔ Kickapoo Township216 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

Makanda TownshipKickapoo Township

People

Population 4,031Lowest 8,175Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.3%Lowest +17.4%Highest

Median age 42.1±3.2Highest 8% above IL 40.5±4.8Lowest 4% above IL

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±4.6Highest IL: 21.8% 22.1%±4.4Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 19.5%±3Highest IL: 17% 18.2%±3.8Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 59.9%Highest IL: 37.8% 52.5%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±2.3Highest IL: 6.3% 6.1%±2Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $84,688±$14kLowest about the IL average $112,391±$42kHighest 35% above IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $215,900±$36kLowest 18% below IL $291,200±$24kHighest 11% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $925±$56Lowest 27% below IL $1,452±$142Highest 14% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,714Lowest 11% below IL $6,627Highest 25% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35%±12.9Highest IL: 47.9% 22.1%±12.2Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 8.5%Lowest IL: 11.8% 9.4%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.1%Lowest IL: 67.1% 72.9%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest 10 yrs newer than IL 2003Highest 32 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 25% below IL 21 minLowest 26% below IL

Work from home 14%±4.3Lowest IL: 15.9% 17.3%±6.1Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.1%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 7.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.78Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Carbondale (39%)Peoria (47%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Kickapoo TownshipFew work in Makanda Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 14.3%Highest 12.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 37.9 miHighest 33.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 mi 1.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.4Highest 8.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #113 of 384 in IL #13 of 384 in IL

School district Tri-County Sp Ed Jnt Agreement · Giant City CCSD 130Dunlap CUSD 323

High school in town None in townNone in town

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

Deciding?

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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.

Makanda Township vs Kickapoo Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $680 more a month in Kickapoo Township

Kickapoo Township places higher on 13 of 20 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

216 miles apart

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