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%

Seward Township$2,460/mo

Typical home $346K (Census) · tax rate 2.23% · or rent about $2,505/mo · Housing →

Minooka$2,620/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.11% · or rent about $1,552/mo · Housing →

The difference: $160 a month, about $1,900 a year, between Minooka and Seward 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

Seward Township and Minooka share a border

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

Seward TownshipMinooka

Seward Township ↔ Minooka4.3 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

107 Seward Township residents work in Minooka (3.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Seward Township →

Report cards

Minooka places higher on 10 of 19 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.

Schools

BSeward TownshipBetter than 58% of districts in the state –MinookaNot graded

Health

A−Seward TownshipHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns A−MinookaHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns

5Seward Township

10Minooka

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #722#522 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #826#672 Shortest commuteGetting around · 862 towns #858#744 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #404#337 Lowest property taxCost of living · 860 towns #704#638 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #191#131 Most affordableCost of living · 861 towns #717#659 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #403#453

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

Seward TownshipMinooka

Snow a year25″18″

January low16°F 17°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)184d 191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 45th

Outdoors & history

Seward TownshipMinooka

Trails12 mi 4 mi

Conserved land1.3%0.9%

Settled—1869

Archive photos—12

Community

Seward TownshipMinooka

Library hours a week—57 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.

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

Seward TownshipMinooka

People

Population 6,732Lowest 12,891Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +49.4%Highest +16.8%Lowest

Median age 32.3±1.6Highest 17% below IL 32.1±1.9Lowest 18% below IL

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±6.3Highest IL: 21.8% 28.1%±3.6Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 4.5%±1.8Lowest IL: 17% 8.3%±1.9Highest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.8%Highest IL: 37.8% 30.4%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±3.6Lowest IL: 6.3% 8.3%±2.3Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $121,548±$31kHighest 46% above IL $115,445±$15kLowest 38% above IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $346,300±$20kHighest 32% above IL $315,600±$12kLowest 20% above IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,505±$334Highest 97% above IL $1,552±$374Lowest 22% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,736Highest 46% above IL $6,658Lowest 26% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±39.6Lowest IL: 47.9% 57.8%±37Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Highest IL: 11.8% 2.6%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.3%Highest IL: 67.1% 91.6%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2006Highest 35 yrs newer than IL 2003Lowest 32 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 40 minHighest 43% above IL 32 minLowest 14% above IL

Work from home 10.9%±6.2Highest IL: 15.9% 10.2%±3.8Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 7.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miHighest 22.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Lowest 0.78Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (13%)Joliet (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in MinookaFew work in Seward Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 12.1 miHighest 3.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.4Lowest 36.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #218 of 384 in IL—

School district Minooka CCSD 201—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Seward Township vs Minooka

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Minooka

Seward Township and Minooka share a border

Minooka places higher on 10 of 19 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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