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Onarga is a small town of 1,430 people in Iroquois County, Illinois. It's about 28 miles from Kankakee, IL and 79 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $99k and rent runs about $941 a month.
1,430people
$99kTypical home
$941/moRent
86° / 34°Summer / winter
23"Snow
230Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,430
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 854 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Chicago, IL
- 28 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $99k (≈$626/mo)
- Median rent $941/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (84 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 25 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
- 30% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 49 mi to CMI airport
- 75 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 686 ft
- 588 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 42 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 23 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 14 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 49% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 19 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 31 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