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Maple Park is a small town of 1,573 people in DeKalb County, Illinois. It's about 34 miles from Rockford, IL and 48 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $288k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,573people
$288kTypical home
$1,728/moRent
83° / 29°Summer / winter
37"Snow
224Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,573
- Part of a metro area
- About 687 people per sq mi
- 48 mi to Chicago, IL
- 34 mi to Rockford, IL
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $288k (≈$1,819/mo)
- Median rent $1,728/mo
- Median household income $107k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 32 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (89 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (775 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 34% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to RFD airport
- 36 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 25 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 860 ft
- 640 mi to the ocean
- 46 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 65 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 832 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 129 bars within 25 mi
- 231 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 45 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- DeKalb County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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