AlbersIL
A town of 1,114, settled in 1893.
Is Albers a good place to live?
The best of Albers’ subject grades are an A+ for safety, an A for schools, and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Only 5 of Illinois’ 405 towns score higher on safety. Albers’ median household income is $110,000, where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Albers has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Albers stand out
Where Albers beats most towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Typical home value
1,114 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Albers grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Albers is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Albers: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Albers, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Albers.
Less crime per resident than almost any U.S. town
Albers reports less crime per resident than 99% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. At 0.9 per 1,000 residents, Albers’ property crime rate is below both Illinois’ towns (7.9) and U.S. towns (9.9). The violent crime rate in Albers is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Albers | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most of Albers’ workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Albers for work: only 2% work in town. Albers’ average trip to work is 30 minutes. The top destinations are St.
| Albers | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Albers
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Albers has four seasons and hot summers
Albers has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 23° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Albers is valued at about $260K
The typical Albers home is worth about $260,000, up 5.3% in a year, 12% below the Illinois typical home. 82% of Albers households own their home.
| Albers | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $988 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Albers ranks healthier than 57% of the country’s towns
Albers beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults binge drink in Albers.
| Albers | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Albers | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.4% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Albers
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Albers Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Albers
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Albers
About 6 of every 100 Albers residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
98% of working residents leave Albers for work
Where Albers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Albers
Village in Illinois, United States
Albers is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,121 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 440 ft
- ZIP code
- 62215
Questions about Albers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Albers, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Louis, MO-IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.