Living in Cisco, IL
Cisco is a tiny town of 234 people in Piatt County, Illinois. It's about 15 miles from Decatur, IL and 125 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $113k and rent runs about $1k a month.
234people
$113kTypical home
$1,146/moRent
85° / 34°Summer / winter
21"Snow
230Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 234
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,286 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 15 mi to Decatur, IL
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $113k (≈$713/mo)
- Median rent $1,146/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (84 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (150 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (389 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 25% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to DEC airport
- 124 mi to STL (major hub)
- 36 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1945
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 696 ft
- 618 mi to the ocean
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 116 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 133 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 36 bars within 25 mi
- 20 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 45% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 60 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Piatt County: R+31 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