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A town of 1,138, founded in 1866.
Minier’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living. Minier’s median age is 33.6 years, below both Illinois’ towns (40.7 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Minier's schools outperform 68% of the state's. The biggest park or preserve is Minier West Park, at 38 acres. Minier has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Minier beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Minier is from typical.
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Census counts: 600 in 1880, 1,154 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1952 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Minier, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Minier.
The typical Minier home is worth about $181,000, up 6.9% in a year, 39% below the Illinois typical home. At $833 a month, Minier’s median rent is below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 84% of Minier households own their home.
| Minier | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $833 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Minier for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Minier has lost 104 jobs, to 158 in 2023. The average trip to work in Minier is 23 minutes.
| Minier | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Minier beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 10% of adults worry about having enough food in Minier.
| Minier | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Minier | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Minier has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Minier’s property crime rate is 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Minier | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Minier since 1982.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Minier West Park | — | 38 |
| 2. School Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Veterans Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Minier. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park24 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
7 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
18 mi GardenFell Arboretum21 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation MuseumWildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
None within 15 miles of Minier; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Minier residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Where Minier’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Minier is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,154 at the 2020 census. Minier is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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−.
