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North Utica is a small town of 1,282 people in LaSalle County, Illinois. It's about 52 miles from Peoria, IL and 77 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 27 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $238k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,282people
$238kTypical home
$1,292/moRent
84° / 30°Summer / winter
27"Snow
230Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,282
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 371 people per sq mi
- 77 mi to Chicago, IL
- 52 mi to Peoria, IL
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $238k (≈$1,498/mo)
- Median rent $1,292/mo
- Median household income $104k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 27" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 28 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (112 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,052 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 33% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to RFD airport
- 72 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 610 ft
- 650 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 61 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 131 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
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 31% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 42 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