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Sugar Grove is a big small town of 9,240 people in Kane County, Illinois. It's about 40 miles from Chicago, IL. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $402k and rent runs about $2k a month.
9,240people
$402kTypical home
$1,543/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
35"Snow
224Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,240
- Part of a metro area
- About 880 people per sq mi
- 40 mi to Chicago, IL
- 40 mi to Chicago, IL
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $402k (≈$2,534/mo)
- Median rent $1,543/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 5.0% 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
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 30 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (32 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (360 per 100k)
People
- Median age 45
- 33% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 46% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to ORD airport
- 32 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 16 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 709 ft
- 629 mi to the ocean
- 43 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 88 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,410 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 177 bars within 25 mi
- 466 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 70 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kane County: D+9 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk