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Venice is a small town of 1,636 people in Madison County, Illinois. It's about 5 miles from St. Louis, MO. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $54k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,636people
$54kTypical home
$1,015/moRent
89° / 41°Summer / winter
14"Snow
241Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,636
- Part of a metro area
- About 885 people per sq mi
- 5 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 5 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $54k (≈$341/mo)
- Median rent $1,015/mo
- Median household income $32k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 21.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 241 sunny days a year (100 totally clear)
- 124 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (250 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,208 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 33% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to STL airport
- 12 mi to STL (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 427 ft
- 561 mi to the ocean
- 154 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 28 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 73 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,427 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 306 bars within 25 mi
- 327 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 24 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 81 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Madison County: R+13 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk