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%

Mound Township$860/mo

Typical home $135K (Census) · tax rate 1.36% · or rent about $782/mo · Housing →

Jackson Township$1,020/mo

Typical home $163K (Census) · tax rate 1.23% · Housing →

The difference: $160 a month, about $1,900 a year, between Jackson Township and Mound 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.

Where they are

Mound Township and Jackson Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Mound TownshipJackson Township

Mound Township ↔ Jackson Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Mound Township places higher on 11 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

C+Mound TownshipBetter than 44% of districts in the state –Jackson TownshipNot graded

Health

B−Mound TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns B−Jackson TownshipHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns

11Mound Township

9Jackson Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #670#20 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #114#642 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #219#669 Lowest property taxCost of living · 860 towns #89#488 Most affordableCost of living · 861 towns #208#588 Best schoolsSchools · 384 towns #166#33 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #281#576 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #565#294

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Mound 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

Mound TownshipJackson Township

Snow a year16″15″

January low—20°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 52nd

Outdoors & history

Mound TownshipJackson Township

Trails6 mi —

Conserved land1.2%—

Community

Mound TownshipJackson Township

Library hours a week27 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.

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

Mound TownshipJackson Township

People

Population 3,532Highest 1,168Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2%Lowest +1%Highest

Median age 43.6±5.6Lowest 12% above IL 45.2±15.4Highest 16% above IL

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±4Lowest IL: 21.8% 23.5%±6Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 21.5%±4.2Highest IL: 17% 17.4%±3.5Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.2%Lowest IL: 37.8% 23.3%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.8Highest IL: 6.3% 1.1%±1.7Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,313±$19kHighest 10% below IL $72,560±$29kLowest 13% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $135,000±$16kLowest 49% below IL $163,100±$25kHighest 38% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $782±$87 39% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,837Lowest 65% below IL $2,000Highest 62% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.4%±20.2 IL: 47.9% —

Below poverty line 10.9%Lowest IL: 11.8% 27.9%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.3%Lowest IL: 67.1% 96.9%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 3 yrs newer than IL 1986Highest 15 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

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

Work from home 8.6%±5.6Highest IL: 15.9% 4.8%±4Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 17.4%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.59Highest 0.06Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Effingham (29%)Effingham (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Jackson TownshipFew work in Mound Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.6 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.2Highest 2.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #166 of 384 in IL #33 of 384 in IL

School district Altamont CUSD 10—

High school in town Altamont High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 10.8 —

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.

Mound Township vs Jackson Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Jackson Township

Mound Township and Jackson Township share a border

Mound Township places higher on 11 of 20 IL lists

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