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%

Winslow$750/mo

Typical home $112K (Census) · tax rate 1.81% · or rent about $877/mo · Housing →

Kinderhook$450/mo

Typical home $71K (Census) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $656/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Winslow and Kinderhook.

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

WinslowKinderhook

Snow a year36″17″

January low12°F —

July high82°F —

Growing season (days)165d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 87th

Outdoors & history

WinslowKinderhook

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land3.1%—

Community

WinslowKinderhook

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

205 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WinslowIL KinderhookIL

Winslow ↔ Kinderhook205 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

WinslowKinderhook

People

Population 338Highest 249Lowest

Median age 32.8±15.1Highest 16% below IL 31.2±13.8Lowest 20% below IL

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

Kids under 18 35.2%±8.1Highest IL: 21.8% 26.1%±10.8Lowest IL: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 18%±4.8Lowest IL: 17% 21.7%±3.8Highest IL: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.2%Lowest IL: 37.8% 12.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±4.3Lowest IL: 6.3% 4.8%±8.4Highest IL: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,156±$11kLowest 34% below IL $60,536±$14kHighest 27% below IL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $111,800±$22kHighest 58% below IL $70,800±$25kLowest 73% below IL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $877±$56Highest 31% below IL $656±$70Lowest 49% below IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,025Highest 62% below IL $1,000Lowest 81% below IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.1%±48.7Lowest IL: 47.9% 47.4%±100Highest IL: 47.9%

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

Below poverty line 27.8%Highest IL: 11.8% 16.6%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.1%Lowest IL: 67.1% 72%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 33 yrs older than IL 1952Highest 19 yrs older than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 20% below IL 23 minHighest 18% below IL

Work from home 6.4%±4.7Lowest IL: 15.9% 8.5%±8.8Highest IL: 15.9%

Kinderhook and Winslow 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 14.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lena (22%)Quincy (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KinderhookFew work in Winslow

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 19.9Lowest 42.2Highest

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.

Winslow vs Kinderhook

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Winslow

What daily life feels like in each

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