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THRIVE IN SPI • SPRINGFIELD SANGAMON GROWTH ALLIANCE
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Proximity to Larger Metropolitan Areas St. Louis • 98 miles Chicago • 202 miles
Kansas City • 310 miles Cincinnati • 321 miles Louisville • 324 miles Des Moines • 338 miles Nashville • 373 miles
Indianapolis • 212 miles Madison WI • 264 miles Milwaukee • 278 miles
Things to Do Within a 1.5 Hour Drive • St. Louis Cardinals MLB • Peoria Chiefs Baseball MiLB • Big 10 Athletic Events, Champaign • Six Flags Theme Park • St. Louis Magic House • St. Louis City Museum • St. Louis Science Center • Children’s Discovery Museum, Bloomington • Zoos in St. Louis, Decatur, Peoria • Children’s Museum of Illinois, Decatur • Peoria Riverfront Museum • Peoria Playhouse Children’s Museum
$800 – $900k
WELCOME HOME Your money goes far in the Springfield area offering residents an affordable cost of living and high wages. Ranked the 20th Most Affordable City for Home Buyers by WalletHub, our home prices are stable with steady growth each year making investing in a home far less risky than other communities. Our median home value is around $170,000 and our median rent price is $950 for a 2-bedroom apartment, giving you a great bang for your buck. Sangamon County has many options for settling in, whether you’re looking for urban living or a rural experience - or even somewhere in between. Our neighborhoods are multicultural, offer a rich diversity of backgrounds and nationalities with a park and primary health care only minutes away. Springfield offers modern downtown living spaces or desirable neighborhoods in every direction. Smaller outlying communities offer a suburban feel or small-town living, yet often only 15 to 20 minutes from the heart of Springfield. With short proximity among all community amenities and residential areas, choosing where you want to get settled is less complex. You can easily find your next home in a weekend. Whether you want to live on a farm, next to a park, in a suburban neighborhood, near a historical site, within walking distance to a country club or in a downtown loft, Sangamon County provides every one of those options at an affordable price point.
$600 – $700k
$200 – $300k
Under $100k
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