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Windsor vs Equality Township

266 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (39.3× in Windsor) and jobs per worker (8.1× in Equality Township).

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Windsor, ILHomes around $158KIllinois · 704 people
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Equality Township, ILA colonial town, settled 1735Gallatin County · 845 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

WindsorHomes around $158K
Housing$158K typical home47% below the IL typical home All about Windsor →
Equality TownshipA colonial town, settled 1735
HistorySettled in 17351 place on the National Register All about Equality Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid39.3×
Windsor has the more walkable street grid
Windsor 161Equality Township 4.1
Jobs per worker8.1×
Equality Township is more of a job hub
Equality Township 0.97Windsor 0.12
Property tax bill2.2×
Tax bills are bigger in Windsor
Windsor $2,342Equality Township $1,063
Average commute13 min
Equality Township has the shorter commute
Windsor 36 minEquality Township 23 min
Home values+29%
Homes cost more in Windsor
Windsor $109,800Equality Township $85,400
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Windsor

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.

Windsor$1,110/mo
Typical home $158K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.13% · or rent about $447/mo · Housing →
Equality Township$540/mo
Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $428/mo · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,900 a year, between Windsor and Equality 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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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
–WindsorNot graded C+Equality TownshipBetter than 44% of districts in the state
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
WindsorEquality Township
Snow a year27″8″
January low—26°F
July high—88°F
Growing season (days)—209d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th79th
Outdoors & history
WindsorEquality Township
Trails—7 mi
Conserved land—7.8%
Settled—1735
National Register places—1
Archive photos—1
Famous people born here—1
Community
WindsorEquality Township
Library hours a week30 hrs—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

266 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WindsorILEquality TownshipGallatin County
Windsor ↔ Equality Township266 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.

WindsorEquality Township
People
Population 704Lowest 845Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.7%Lowest -9.9%Highest
Median age 54.6±9.7Lowest 40% above IL 55.3±12.6Highest 42% above IL
Equality Township and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 17.6%±4.4Highest IL: 21.8% 17.4%±3.9Lowest IL: 21.8%
Windsor and Equality Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 30.1%±7Highest IL: 17% 25.9%±5.5Lowest IL: 17%
Windsor and Equality Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.7%Highest IL: 37.8% 5.1%Lowest IL: 37.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 1.3%±1.1Highest IL: 6.3%
Equality Township and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $59,333±$15kLowest 29% below IL $60,779±$8kHighest 27% below IL
Equality Township and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,800±$18kHighest 58% below IL $85,400±$5kLowest 68% below IL
Rentmedian gross, monthly $447±$182Highest 65% below IL $428±$97Lowest 66% below IL
Windsor and Equality Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,342Highest 56% below IL $1,063Lowest 80% below IL
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±48.8Highest IL: 47.9% 48.4%±32.4Lowest IL: 47.9%
Windsor and Equality Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 13.7%Lowest IL: 11.8% 14.3%Highest IL: 11.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 85%Lowest IL: 67.1% 85.7%Highest IL: 67.1%
Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 14 yrs older than IL 1960Highest 11 yrs older than IL
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 29% above IL 23 minLowest 19% below IL
Work from home 4.7%±4Highest IL: 15.9% 1.7%±2.8Lowest IL: 15.9%
Windsor and Equality Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 6.2%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 27.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 0.97Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Aledo (9%)Harrisburg (9%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Equality TownshipFew work in Windsor
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 7.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 7.3 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 161Highest 4.1Lowest
Schools
School district —Gallatin CUSD 7
High school in town —Gallatin High School
Students per teacherat that high school — 11.8
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.

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