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Grand Ridge is a tiny town of 584 people in LaSalle County, Illinois. It's about 51 miles from Kankakee, IL and 72 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $159k and rent runs about $1k a month.
584people
$159kTypical home
$1,023/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
25"Snow
224Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 584
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,264 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Chicago, IL
- 51 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $159k (≈$1,001/mo)
- Median rent $1,023/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 4.0% 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
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" 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
- Low violent crime (187 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,211 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 29% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to BMI airport
- 68 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 663 ft
- 638 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 62 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 140 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 67 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 40 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 15% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- LaSalle County: R+19 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
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk