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%

Mason$560/mo

Typical home $83K (Census) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $911/mo · Housing →

Versailles$620/mo

Typical home $91K (Census) · tax rate 1.87% · or rent about $844/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Versailles and Mason.

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

MasonVersailles

Snow a year15″14″

January low20°F —

July high89°F —

Growing season (days)191d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 59th

Outdoors & history

MasonVersailles

Settled1865 —

Archive photos—2

Community

MasonVersailles

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

126 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MasonIL VersaillesIL

Mason ↔ Versailles126 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

MasonVersailles

People

Population 467Highest 441Lowest

Median age 29.8±11.3Lowest 24% below IL 31.5±11Highest 19% below IL

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

Kids under 18 32.3%±10Lowest IL: 21.8% 37.6%±3.8Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 10.7%±2.7Lowest IL: 17% 20.2%±4.5Highest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5%Lowest IL: 37.8% 6.1%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±3Lowest IL: 6.3% 2.3%±2.4Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,455±$12kHighest 22% below IL $48,750±$34kLowest 42% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $82,900±$14kLowest 69% below IL $91,100±$13kHighest 65% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $911±$584Highest 28% below IL $844±$472Lowest 34% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,491Lowest 72% below IL $1,706Highest 68% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.1%±82.2Highest IL: 47.9% 29.2%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 35.5%Highest IL: 11.8% 16.1%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78%Lowest IL: 67.1% 80.1%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 2 yrs newer than IL 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 16% below IL 24 minHighest 15% below IL

Work from home 4.4%±5.2Lowest IL: 15.9% 6.3%±6.4Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 14.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.01Lowest 0.10Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Effingham (39%)Mount Sterling (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in VersaillesFew work in Mason

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

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 32.6Lowest 69.5Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Mason neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Mason’s Town Square.

Versailles neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Versailles’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Mason and Versailles

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Mason

+ Compare

Ashley412 people · $83K homes

+ Compare

Millersburg Township588 people · $88K homes

+ Compare

Joy387 people · $76K homes

+ Compare

Willisville467 people · $57K homes

Not sure which town to add? Find your place ranks Illinois towns on what matters to you.Find your place →

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.

Mason vs Versailles

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

126 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Mason and Versailles

Towns like Mason

Post to Mason

Check your email