Rankings · How Plato ranks in IL
Plato ranks #6 in Illinois for growth
Plato is ranked on 33 lists against the 820 Illinois towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 13.
Lists ranked on
33
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
1
Best: #6 fastest growing
Top-quarter finishes
13
of 20 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Growth
Top 1% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Plato does best on
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Plato marked.
At a glance
Plato lands in the top half on 14 of 20 lists
Each dot is Plato’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Plato does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
What kind of place
Colder winters than 89% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Plato’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Colder winters than 89% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
14.0° January low
Cooler summers than 88% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
83.3° July high
More vacation homes than 81% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
1.2% of homes are seasonal
Shorter growing season than 76% of IL towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
174 days between frosts
Fewer seniors than 74% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
15.3% of residents are 65+
Faster-rising prices than 74% of IL towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+54.5% in home prices, 5 years
More kids than 72% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
24.4% of residents are under 18
More snow than 66% of IL towns
Less snowMore snow
32 in of snow a year
Older than 65% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
42.4 median age
Drier than 56% of IL towns
DrierWetter
38 in of rain + melted snow a year
Almost there
3 spots from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Plato sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Next door
Plato out-ranks 4 of its 6 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.