InaIL
A town of 1,612, settled in 1840.
Is Ina a good place to live?
Ina’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and safety; its weakest is a D for incomes. Only 52 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Ina has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ina stand out
Where Ina beats most towns.
Ina has shrunk 31% since 2010
2,338 counted in 2010 and 1,641 in 2020; an estimated 1,612 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Ina grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Ina is from typical.
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Moving to Ina: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ina, 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 Ina.
Ina reports less crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns
Ina’s rate of thefts and burglaries stands at 1.2 per 1,000 residents, where Illinois’ towns sit at 7.9 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
| Ina | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 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
With 2.2 jobs for every working resident, Ina draws in 928 commuters
Ina’s median household income stands at $54,000, below both Illinois’ towns ($83,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Most working residents leave Ina for work: only 4% work in town. Among residents here, 20% live below the poverty line. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Ina has added 64 jobs, to 944 in 2023.
| Ina | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults in Ina binge drink than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
In Ina, 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Among 768 Illinois towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Ina. The town beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| Ina | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Ina | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.9% | 7.6% |
| More smokers | 20% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ina has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
53% of Ina’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 19%. On expected storm and flood damage, Ina sits above just over two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ina has four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 8 inches a winter. Winters in Ina are chilly and summers warm.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Ina
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ina
About 4 of every 100 Ina residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Every workday, about 928 people come to Ina for work
Where Ina’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ina
Village in Illinois, United States
Ina is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,641 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Established
- 1840
- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 430 ft
- ZIP code
- 62846
Questions about Ina
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ina, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.