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%

Saybrook$1,210/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.21% · or rent about $923/mo · Housing →

Ashmore$1,000/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.82% · or rent about $841/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Saybrook and Ashmore.

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

SaybrookAshmore

Snow a year18″19″

January low16°F 21°F

July high84°F 88°F

Growing season (days)178d 187d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 71st

Outdoors & history

SaybrookAshmore

Settled1856 —

Archive photos1 —

Community

SaybrookAshmore

Library hours a week24 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

68 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SaybrookIL AshmoreIL

Saybrook ↔ Ashmore68 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

SaybrookAshmore

People

Population 744Highest 721Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.6%Highest -18.9%Lowest

Median age 37.6±6Lowest 4% below IL 37.9±8.9Highest about the IL average

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±6.9Highest IL: 21.8% 23.3%±7.7Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 20.4%±1.9Highest IL: 17% 16.6%±7Lowest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Highest IL: 37.8% 14.4%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±2.8Lowest IL: 6.3% 6.2%±5.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,721±$8kLowest 37% below IL $56,615±$9kHighest 32% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $98,100±$10kHighest 63% below IL $91,700±$13kLowest 65% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $923±$96Highest 28% below IL $841±$137Lowest 34% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,169Highest 59% below IL $1,668Lowest 69% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.9%±40.7Highest IL: 47.9% 37.3%±38.4Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 15.2%Lowest IL: 11.8% 16.2%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.4%Highest IL: 67.1% 78.5%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 11 yrs older than IL 1970Highest 1 yr older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 24% above IL 25 minLowest 11% below IL

Work from home 13.2%±5Highest IL: 15.9% 6.4%±4.1Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bloomington (30%)Charleston (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AshmoreFew work in Saybrook

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 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.4Highest 68.8Lowest

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.

Saybrook vs Ashmore

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Saybrook

What daily life feels like in each

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