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Normal Township vs Normal

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (+73% in Normal).

Normal Township, ILKnown for its schoolsMcLean County · 52,417 people

Normal, ILHomes around $268KIllinois · 53,569 people

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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Normal TownshipKnown for its schools

Schools#104 for schools in ILof 384 towns

Famous people41 notable peopleborn in Normal Township HealthHealthier than 74%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Normal Township →

NormalHomes around $268K

Housing$268K typical home10% below the IL typical home College town2 collegesIllinois State University

Outdoors#266 most trails in IL9.7 miles of trails across 23 parks and preserves All about Normal →

The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid+73%

Normal has the more walkable street grid

Normal 69.1Normal Township 40.0

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $400 more a month in Normal

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%

Normal Township$1,500/mo

Typical home $211K (Census) · tax rate 2.22% · or rent about $969/mo · Housing →

Normal$1,900/mo

Typical home $268K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.22% · or rent about $965/mo · Housing →

The difference: $400 a month, about $4,800 a year, between Normal and Normal 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

Normal Township and Normal share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Normal TownshipNormal

Normal Township ↔ Normal1.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

5,148 Normal Township residents work in Normal (25.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Normal Township →

Report cards

Normal places higher on 9 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.

Safety

–Normal TownshipNot graded CNormalSafer than 32% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Normal TownshipBetter than 66% of districts in the state –NormalNot graded

Health

B+Normal TownshipHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns B+NormalHealthier than 70% of U.S. towns

7Normal Township

9Normal

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #506#293 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #476#320 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #366#266 Fastest growingGrowth · 859 towns #452#347 Lowest depressionHealth · 861 towns #775#848 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #191#258 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #311#359 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #296#284

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

Normal TownshipNormal

Snow a year20″7″

January low16°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)172d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 49th

Outdoors & history

Normal TownshipNormal

Trails11 mi 10 mi

Conserved land2.9%5%

Settled1865 1865

National Register places—8

Archive photos18 18

Famous people born here41 41

Community

Normal TownshipNormal

Library hours a week62 hrs 62 hrs

Colleges in town—2

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

Normal TownshipNormal

People

Population 52,417Lowest 53,569Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.1%Lowest +0.5%Highest

Median age 25±0.7 36% below IL 25±0.7 36% below IL

Kids under 18 15.4%±1.3Lowest IL: 21.8% 16.1%±1.3Highest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 12.2%±1Highest IL: 17% 12.1%±1Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 52.3%Lowest IL: 37.8% 52.9%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 33%±2.1Highest IL: 6.3% 32.3%±2Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,708±$7kLowest 24% below IL $64,785±$8kHighest 22% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $210,800±$7kLowest 20% below IL $213,600±$7kHighest 19% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $969±$49Highest 24% below IL $965±$45Lowest 24% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,686Lowest 12% below IL $4,749Highest 10% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.5%±6.3 IL: 47.9% 58.5%±6.2 IL: 47.9%

Below poverty line 21.9%Highest IL: 11.8% 21.4%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.6%Lowest IL: 67.1% 54.8%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Lowest 17 yrs newer than IL 1989Highest 18 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 41% below IL 17 minHighest 41% below IL

Work from home 13.1%±1.6Lowest IL: 15.9% 13.4%±1.5Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 20.4%Lowest 25.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.3 mi 4.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.99Lowest 1.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bloomington (35%)Bloomington (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 26% work in NormalFew work in Normal Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Lowest 5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 10.7 miHighest 9.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 22Lowest 23Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 40.0Lowest 69.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #104 of 384 in IL—

School district ISU Laboratory Schools · DeWitt/Livingstn/Logan/McLean ROE—

High school in town Normal Community West High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1 —

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.

Normal Township vs Normal

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $400 more a month in Normal

Normal Township and Normal share a border

Normal places higher on 9 of 20 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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