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Delavan is a small town of 1,489 people in Tazewell County, Illinois. It's about 27 miles from Peoria, IL and 126 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $124k and rent runs about $876 a month.
1,489people
$124kTypical home
$876/moRent
86° / 34°Summer / winter
21"Snow
231Sunny days
103Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,489
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,033 people per sq mi
- 126 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 27 mi to Peoria, IL
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $124k (≈$779/mo)
- Median rent $876/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 103 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 20 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (233 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,276 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 28% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to PIA airport
- 120 mi to STL (major hub)
- 40 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 600 ft
- 664 mi to the ocean
- 141 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 96 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 18 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 140 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 87 bars within 25 mi
- 38 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 12 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 60 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tazewell County: R+27 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