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Seneca is a small town of 2,450 people in LaSalle County, Illinois. It's about 41 miles from Kankakee, IL and 61 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $228k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,450people
$228kTypical home
$1,149/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
25"Snow
224Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,450
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 395 people per sq mi
- 61 mi to Chicago, IL
- 41 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $228k (≈$1,435/mo)
- Median rent $1,149/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 31°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
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (203 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,005 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 30% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to MDW airport
- 56 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 18 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 515 ft
- 629 mi to the ocean
- 63 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 172 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 67 bars within 25 mi
- 39 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 31 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