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Gardner is a small town of 1,410 people in Grundy County, Illinois. It's about 24 miles from Kankakee, IL and 55 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $200k and rent runs about $979 a month.
1,410people
$200kTypical home
$979/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
23"Snow
224Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,410
- Part of a metro area
- About 484 people per sq mi
- 55 mi to Chicago, IL
- 24 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $200k (≈$1,259/mo)
- Median rent $979/mo
- Median household income $88k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (79 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (489 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 30% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to MDW airport
- 50 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 574 ft
- 611 mi to the ocean
- 55 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 57 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 156 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 57 bars within 25 mi
- 39 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grundy County: R+30 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk