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Barry is a small town of 1,512 people in Pike County, Illinois. It's about 74 miles from Springfield, IL and 85 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $93k and rent runs about $644 a month.
1,512people
$93kTypical home
$644/moRent
88° / 37°Summer / winter
18"Snow
238Sunny days
103Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,512
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,056 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 74 mi to Springfield, IL
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $93k (≈$585/mo)
- Median rent $644/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 103 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (97 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (608 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 34% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to UIN airport
- 75 mi to STL (major hub)
- 56 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 709 ft
- 642 mi to the ocean
- 231 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 24 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 87 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 62 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pike County: R+64 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk