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
10 miles apart
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Walnut GroveChester
Walnut Grove ↔ Chester10.0 miles apart · Same county
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.
Walnut GroveChester
Your priorities
People
Population183Highest145Lowest
Median age42.4±28.5Lowest 12% above SD45.5±41.5Highest 20% above SD
Chester and Walnut Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1828.4%±12.2Lowest SD: 24.2%30.3%±14.4Highest SD: 24.2%
Chester and Walnut Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+23.5%±15.3Lowest SD: 18%42.8%±20.1Highest SD: 18%
Chester and Walnut Grove 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.