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%

Nebo$960/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.50% · or rent about $950/mo · Housing →

Bardolph$320/mo

Typical home $49K (Census) · tax rate 1.48% · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,700 a year, between Nebo and Bardolph.

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

NeboBardolph

Snow a year12″11″

January low20°F —

July high87°F —

Growing season (days)208d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 54th

Outdoors & history

NeboBardolph

Famous people born here2 —

Community

NeboBardolph

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

74 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NeboIL BardolphIL

Nebo ↔ Bardolph74 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

NeboBardolph

People

Population 266Highest 204Lowest

Median age 44.8±10.7Lowest 15% above IL 45.3±22.3Highest 16% above IL

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

Kids under 18 19.5%±14.3Highest IL: 21.8% 18.1%±14.7Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 28.9%±7.4Highest IL: 17% 22.5%±11.5Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 2.5%Lowest IL: 37.8% 6.9%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±5.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 2.9%±3.5Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,625±$13kHighest 46% below IL $28,750±$16kLowest 66% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $46,200±$14kLowest 82% below IL $49,300±$10kHighest 81% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $950±$188 25% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $693Lowest 87% below IL $729Highest 86% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 71.4%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 17.8%Lowest IL: 11.8% 25.5%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93.1%Highest IL: 67.1% 92.2%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956 15 yrs older than IL 1956 15 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 28% below IL 14 minLowest 49% below IL

Work from home 9%±10.9Lowest IL: 15.9% 17.1%±17.6Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Pittsfield (27%)Macomb (41%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BardolphFew work in Nebo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 103Highest 47.1Lowest

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.

Nebo vs Bardolph

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Nebo

What daily life feels like in each

74 miles apart

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