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Piper City is a tiny town of 703 people in Ford County, Illinois. It's about 29 miles from Kankakee, IL and 79 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $80k and rent runs about $768 a month.
703people
$80kTypical home
$768/moRent
88° / 35°Summer / winter
25"Snow
230Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 703
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,267 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Chicago, IL
- 29 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $80k (≈$507/mo)
- Median rent $768/mo
- Median household income $40k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Somewhat humid 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
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 25 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (60 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (157 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 31% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to BMI airport
- 75 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1948
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 686 ft
- 598 mi to the ocean
- 74 mi to a big lake
- 41 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 74 mi to the nearest ski area
- 29 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 39 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 45 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 16 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ford County: R+48 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