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Sandwich is a big small town of 7,219 people in DeKalb County, Illinois. It's about 48 miles from Rockford, IL and 50 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $256k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,219people
$256kTypical home
$1,029/moRent
84° / 30°Summer / winter
32"Snow
224Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,219
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,524 people per sq mi
- 50 mi to Chicago, IL
- 48 mi to Rockford, IL
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $256k (≈$1,612/mo)
- Median rent $1,029/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 2.1% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 30 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (87 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (419 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 35% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to ORD airport
- 43 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 26 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 679 ft
- 635 mi to the ocean
- 54 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 46 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 606 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 94 bars within 25 mi
- 187 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- DeKalb County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk