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St. Elmo is a small town of 1,257 people in Fayette County, Illinois. It's about 58 miles from Decatur, IL and 80 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $83k and rent runs about $762 a month.
1,257people
$83kTypical home
$762/moRent
87° / 37°Summer / winter
15"Snow
231Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,257
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 848 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 58 mi to Decatur, IL
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $83k (≈$521/mo)
- Median rent $762/mo
- Median household income $45k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (90 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 13 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (220 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (676 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 30% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to DEC airport
- 84 mi to STL (major hub)
- 18 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 617 ft
- 574 mi to the ocean
- 142 mi to a big lake
- 50 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 103 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 38 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 57 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 45 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Fayette County: R+65 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk