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%

Middlefork Township$820/mo

Typical home $128K (Census) · tax rate 1.38% · or rent about $785/mo · Housing →

Lamard Township$720/mo

Typical home $110K (Census) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $623/mo · Housing →

The difference: $100 a month, about $1,200 a year, between Middlefork Township and Lamard 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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

C−Middlefork TownshipBetter than 24% of districts in the state C−Lamard TownshipBetter than 23% of districts in the state

Health

B−Middlefork TownshipHealthier than 46% of U.S. towns CLamard TownshipHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns

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

Middlefork TownshipLamard Township

Snow a year20″12″

January low18°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)180d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 72nd

Outdoors & history

Middlefork TownshipLamard Township

Trails5 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.3%0%

Community

Middlefork TownshipLamard Township

Library hours a week49 hrs —

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

134 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Middlefork TownshipVermilion County Lamard TownshipWayne County

Middlefork Township ↔ Lamard Township134 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

Middlefork TownshipLamard Township

People

Population 1,313Lowest 1,385Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.1%Highest -6.5%Lowest

Median age 46±3.6Highest 18% above IL 43.9±8.7Lowest 13% above IL

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±6.4Highest IL: 21.8% 18.5%±3.7Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 20.2%±1.6Lowest IL: 17% 23.9%±2.4Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.1%Lowest IL: 37.8% 18.3%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.1Lowest IL: 6.3% 3.1%±1.6Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,750±$13kHighest 6% below IL $69,471±$9kLowest 17% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $127,900±$26kHighest 51% below IL $110,400±$17kLowest 58% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $785±$26Highest 38% below IL $623±$143Lowest 51% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,771Highest 67% below IL $1,637Lowest 69% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 17.1%±21.4Lowest IL: 47.9% 43.2%±14.3Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest IL: 11.8% 12.2%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.4%Lowest IL: 67.1% 83.3%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 6 yrs older than IL 1979Highest 8 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 min 11% above IL 31 min 11% above IL

Work from home 12.3%±6.6Highest IL: 15.9% 4%±2.1Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.9% 1.9%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.27Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Danville (20%)Fairfield (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lamard TownshipFew work in Middlefork Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.2 miHighest 3.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.3Lowest 3.7Highest

Schools

School district Armstrong-Ellis Cons SD 61 · Armstrong Twp HSD 225Geff CCSD 14

High school in town Armstrong High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 8.1 —

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.

Middlefork Township vs Lamard Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

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What daily life feels like in each

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