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Harvard is a big small town of 9,598 people in McHenry County, Illinois. It's about 25 miles from Rockford, IL and 55 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $1k a month.
9,598people
$175kTypical home
$1,183/moRent
83° / 29°Summer / winter
32"Snow
224Sunny days
120Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,598
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,146 people per sq mi
- 55 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 25 mi to Rockford, IL
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,106/mo)
- Median rent $1,183/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 2.5% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 120 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 33 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (80 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (549 per 100k)
People
- Median age 28
- 45% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to RFD airport
- 48 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 935 ft
- 652 mi to the ocean
- 41 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 63 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 586 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 190 bars within 25 mi
- 118 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 31 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- McHenry County: R+5 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
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk