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Point Pleasant Township vs Button Township

145 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (14.8× in Button Township) and jobs per worker (5.4× in Point Pleasant Township).

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Point Pleasant Township, ILA regional job hubWarren County · 103 people
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Button Township, ILA small town of 139Ford County · 139 people
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.

Button TownshipA small town of 139
Quiet strengthsButton Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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.

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
Point Pleasant TownshipButton Township
Snow a year21″18″
January low16°F15°F
July high86°F84°F
Growing season (days)185d170d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th48th
Outdoors & history
Point Pleasant TownshipButton Township
Trails—7 mi
Conserved land—0.1%
Community
Point Pleasant TownshipButton Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

145 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Point Pleasant Township ↔ Button Township145 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.

Point Pleasant TownshipButton Township
People
Population 103Lowest 139Highest
Median age 43.4±30.5Lowest 11% above IL 44.1±26.3Highest 13% above IL
Button Township and Point Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 29.1%±31.6Highest IL: 21.8% 25.2%±19.2Lowest IL: 21.8%
Point Pleasant Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 15.5%±41.7Highest IL: 17% 13.7%±28.6Lowest IL: 17%
Point Pleasant Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.8%Highest IL: 37.8% 21.6%Lowest IL: 37.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±17.8 IL: 6.3% 0%±13.2 IL: 6.3%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $106,333±$8kHighest 28% above IL $102,083±$31kLowest 22% above IL
Point Pleasant Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $106,300±$56k 60% below IL
Property taxmedian, yearly — $3,636 31% below IL
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 IL: 47.9% 0%±100 IL: 47.9%
Below poverty line 0% IL: 11.8% 0% IL: 11.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 55%Lowest IL: 67.1% 70.8%Highest IL: 67.1%
Typical home builtmedian year 1952Highest 19 yrs older than IL 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL
Getting to work
Work from home 24.2%±22.3Highest IL: 15.9% 5.7%±9.3Lowest IL: 15.9%
Point Pleasant Township and Button Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.5%Lowest 1.9%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 22.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.72Highest 0.32Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Monmouth (15%)Paxton (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Button TownshipFew work in Point Pleasant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 7.4 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.7Highest 1.2Lowest
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.

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