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Milford is a small town of 1,052 people in Iroquois County, Illinois. It's about 34 miles from Kankakee, IL and 84 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 24 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $75k and rent runs about $716 a month.
1,052people
$75kTypical home
$716/moRent
84° / 33°Summer / winter
24"Snow
224Sunny days
135Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,052
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,568 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Chicago, IL
- 34 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $75k (≈$470/mo)
- Median rent $716/mo
- Median household income $47k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (80 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 135 days a year with rain or snow
- 24" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 23 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (79 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (650 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 26% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to LAF airport
- 80 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 18 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 673 ft
- 571 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 33 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 22 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 17 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 35 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Iroquois County: R+57 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