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Quincy is a small city of 39,109 people in Adams County, Illinois. It's about 85 miles from Columbia, MO and 108 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $153k and rent runs about $837 a month.
39,109people
$153kTypical home
$837/moRent
87° / 35°Summer / winter
16"Snow
238Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 39,109
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,456 people per sq mi
- 108 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 85 mi to Columbia, MO
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $153k (≈$966/mo)
- Median rent $837/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (188 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 25% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to UIN airport
- 98 mi to STL (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 646 ft
- 663 mi to the ocean
- 236 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 46 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 79 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 57 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Adams County: R+47 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
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk