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%

Versailles$620/mo

Typical home $91K (Census) · tax rate 1.87% · or rent about $844/mo · Housing →

Mason$560/mo

Typical home $83K (Census) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $911/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Versailles and Mason.

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

VersaillesMason

Snow a year14″15″

January low—20°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 52nd

Outdoors & history

VersaillesMason

Settled—1865

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Community

VersaillesMason

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

126 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

VersaillesIL MasonIL

Versailles ↔ Mason126 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

VersaillesMason

People

Population 441Lowest 467Highest

Median age 31.5±11Highest 19% below IL 29.8±11.3Lowest 24% below IL

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

Kids under 18 37.6%±3.8Highest IL: 21.8% 32.3%±10Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 20.2%±4.5Highest IL: 17% 10.7%±2.7Lowest IL: 17%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.1%Highest IL: 37.8% 5%Lowest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±2.4Highest IL: 6.3% 0.9%±3Lowest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,750±$34kLowest 42% below IL $65,455±$12kHighest 22% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $91,100±$13kHighest 65% below IL $82,900±$14kLowest 69% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $844±$472Lowest 34% below IL $911±$584Highest 28% below IL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,706Highest 68% below IL $1,491Lowest 72% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.2%±100Lowest IL: 47.9% 59.1%±82.2Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 16.1%Lowest IL: 11.8% 35.5%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.1%Highest IL: 67.1% 78%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1973Highest 2 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 15% below IL 23 minLowest 16% below IL

Work from home 6.3%±6.4Highest IL: 15.9% 4.4%±5.2Lowest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.10Highest 0.01Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mount Sterling (35%)Effingham (39%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MasonFew work in Versailles

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 69.5Highest 32.6Lowest

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.

Versailles vs Mason

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

126 miles apart

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