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%

Newman$690/mo

Typical home $105K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Suez Township$840/mo

Typical home $119K (Census) · tax rate 2.15% · or rent about $954/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Suez Township and Newman.

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

NewmanSuez Township

Snow a year18″22″

January low—13°F

July high—85°F

Growing season (days)—181d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 56th

Outdoors & history

NewmanSuez Township

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled—1853

Community

NewmanSuez Township

Library hours a week30 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

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NewmanIL Suez TownshipMercer County

Newman ↔ Suez Township165 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

NewmanSuez Township

People

Population 882Highest 722Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.1%Lowest +7.1%Highest

Median age 56±9.9Highest 44% above IL 55.5±10.3Lowest 42% above IL

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

Kids under 18 13.4%±2.4Lowest IL: 21.8% 18.6%±5.4Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 35.1%±9.1Highest IL: 17% 27.6%±6.8Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.7%Lowest IL: 37.8% 22.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±3 IL: 6.3% 3.3%±3.2 IL: 6.3%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,373±$12kLowest 10% below IL $87,143±$32kHighest 5% above IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $101,900±$13kLowest 61% below IL $119,400±$11kHighest 55% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$264Lowest 39% below IL $954±$21Highest 25% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,576Lowest 70% below IL $2,564Highest 52% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 18.4%±61Lowest IL: 47.9% 72.2%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 11%Highest IL: 11.8% 3.9%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.8%Lowest IL: 67.1% 92.9%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 13 yrs older than IL 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 38 minHighest 37% above IL 29 minLowest 5% above IL

Work from home 2%±2.3Lowest IL: 15.9% 11.3%±6.3Highest IL: 15.9%

Work in townworking residents 6.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miLowest 27.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.02Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Champaign (11%)Aledo (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Suez TownshipFew work in Newman

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 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 119Highest 1.9Lowest

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.

Newman vs Suez Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $150 more a month in Suez Township

What daily life feels like in each

165 miles apart

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