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Mazon is a small town of 1,401 people in Grundy County, Illinois. It's about 31 miles from Kankakee, IL and 56 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 $208k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,401people
$208kTypical home
$1,009/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
23"Snow
224Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,401
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,327 people per sq mi
- 56 mi to Chicago, IL
- 31 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $208k (≈$1,310/mo)
- Median rent $1,009/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 3.0% 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
- 117 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 (53 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (328 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 34% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to MDW airport
- 51 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 11 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 594 ft
- 618 mi to the ocean
- 58 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 147 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 61 bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 26 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