Next-door neighbors in De Witt County. The biggest differences: median age (54.3 yrs in Rutledge Township) and typical home built (63 yrs in Rutledge Township).
A typical home costs $550 more a month in Wilson Township
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.
Rutledge Township$2,200/mo
Typical home $327K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Wilson Township$2,760/mo
Typical home $409K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Wilson Township and Rutledge 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
Rutledge Township and Wilson Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Rutledge TownshipWilson Township
Rutledge Township ↔ Wilson Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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.
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.
Rutledge TownshipWilson Township
Your priorities
People
Population127127
Median age70.1±18.8Highest 80% above IL15.8±33.7Lowest 59% below IL
Kids under 180%±29Lowest IL: 21.8%51.2%±27Highest IL: 21.8%
Wilson Township and Rutledge Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+54.3%±45.1Highest IL: 17%6.3%±34.8Lowest IL: 17%
Rutledge Township and Wilson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
