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KaskaskiaIL

A town of 38.

Photo: Charles Houchin · CC BY 3.0
Population
38
residents
Median home value
$146K
Census ACS
Household income
$150K
median
Median age
16.0
years
Land area
0 sq mi
Small town

38 people, and everyone knows the way

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Natural hazards

High risk, with earthquakes at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.

71risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
71High riskLowerHigher
EarthquakesInland floodingHeat waves
22
paid flood claims since 1982
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Kaskaskia has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

12″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter26–45°
Spring45–68°
Summer66–88°
Fall46–69°
Oct 30
typical first frost
Apr 8
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Kaskaskia is

Kaskaskia beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15.

32 measures vs. Illinois
6 better11 too close to call15 worse
What stands outKaskaskiaIL
Fewer adults facing food insecurity11.9%15.9%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity10.1%13.2%
More adults with COPD9.6%6.3%
Memorial Hospital
5.7 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

About Kaskaskia

Village in Illinois, US

Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, on the west side of the Mississippi River. The population of Kaskaskia was 21 in the 2020 United States census, making it the third-least populous incorporated community in Illinois behind Valley City (pop. 14) and Florence (pop. 17). A historically important town, it was a Catholic mission and settlement by the French in Illinois Country in the early 1700s. It was founded near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia River, but almost two centuries later that would prove its undoing. It grew to become the regional center and was briefly the first capital of Illinois in 1818, but was devastated by flooding in the mid and late 19th.…

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Population
21
Area
0.1 sq mi

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