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Carrier Mills is a small town of 1,634 people in Saline County, Illinois. It's about 43 miles from Paducah, KY and 109 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $60k and rent runs about $478 a month.
1,634people
$60kTypical home
$478/moRent
89° / 43°Summer / winter
6"Snow
233Sunny days
93Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,634
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,353 people per sq mi
- 109 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 43 mi to Paducah, KY
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $60k (≈$379/mo)
- Median rent $478/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 93 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (662 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 25% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to MWA airport
- 120 mi to STL (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1960
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 400 ft
- 481 mi to the ocean
- 50 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 125 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 61 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 32 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 47 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 18 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Saline County: R+49 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk