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%

Weldon$890/mo

Typical home $125K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.28% · or rent about $950/mo · Housing →

Clyde Township$900/mo

Typical home $132K (Census) · tax rate 1.92% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

WeldonClyde Township

Snow a year21″32″

January low—12°F

July high—83°F

Growing season (days)—167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 33rd

Outdoors & history

WeldonClyde Township

Trails—15 mi

Conserved land—1.6%

National Register places—1

Community

WeldonClyde Township

Library hours a week30 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

136 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WeldonIL Clyde TownshipWhiteside County

Weldon ↔ Clyde Township136 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

WeldonClyde Township

People

Population 350Highest 258Lowest

Median age 44.5±6.3Highest 14% above IL 43.7±16.1Lowest 12% above IL

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

Kids under 18 28%±5.7Highest IL: 21.8% 20.2%±12.9Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 20.6%±7.9Lowest IL: 17% 27.9%±19.2Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.6%Lowest IL: 37.8% 8.2%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.3%±3.8Lowest IL: 6.3% 5%±6.8Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,625±$7kHighest 27% below IL $50,179±$31kLowest 40% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $100,000±$17kLowest 62% below IL $132,100±$39kHighest 50% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $950±$270 25% below IL —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,278Lowest 57% below IL $2,538Highest 52% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 83.3%±100Highest IL: 47.9% 0%±100Lowest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 17.4%Highest IL: 11.8% 3.5%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.2%Highest IL: 67.1% 84.2%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 14 yrs older than IL 1974Highest 3 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 4% below IL 26 minLowest 6% below IL

Work from home 2.7%±3.3Lowest IL: 15.9% 3%±5.1Highest IL: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.19Lowest 0.21Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Clinton (18%)Morrison (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Clyde TownshipFew work in Weldon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 15.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 112Highest 1.6Lowest

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Weldon vs Clyde Township

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

136 miles apart

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