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De Pue is a small town of 1,532 people in Bureau County, Illinois. It's about 43 miles from Peoria, IL and 91 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 28 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $59k and rent runs about $819 a month.
1,532people
$59kTypical home
$819/moRent
85° / 32°Summer / winter
28"Snow
230Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,532
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 626 people per sq mi
- 91 mi to Chicago, IL
- 43 mi to Peoria, IL
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $59k (≈$374/mo)
- Median rent $819/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 28" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 25 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (514 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 31% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to PIA airport
- 85 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 515 ft
- 664 mi to the ocean
- 95 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 73 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 108 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 54 bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 45 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bureau County: R+24 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk