MoweaquaIL
A town of 1,735, settled in 1853.
Is Moweaqua a good place to live?
Moweaqua’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for schools. 27% of residents are under 18 in Moweaqua, against 22% in Illinois’ towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Moweaqua has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Moweaqua stand out
Where Moweaqua beats most towns.
91% of working residents leave Moweaqua for work
Where Moweaqua’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moweaqua grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Moweaqua is from typical.
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Moving to Moweaqua: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moweaqua, 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 Moweaqua.
Moweaqua’s typical home value is about $168K
The typical Moweaqua home is worth about $168,000, up 5.7% in a year, 43% below the Illinois typical home. Moweaqua’s median rent is $896 a month, where Illinois’ towns sit at $1,129 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Moweaqua | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $896 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Moweaqua has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Moweaqua for work: only 9% work in town. 3.4% of Moweaqua residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Moweaqua grew to 382 in 2023, 157 more than in 2013.
| Moweaqua | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moweaqua has four seasons and pleasant summers
Moweaqua has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Moweaqua, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Moweaqua are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Moweaqua beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 38% of adults have high blood pressure in Moweaqua.
| Moweaqua | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Moweaqua | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 13.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moweaqua
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Moweaqua; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Moweaqua residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Moweaqua
Village in Illinois, United States
Moweaqua is a village in Shelby and Christian counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 623 ft
- ZIP code
- 62550
- Area code
- 217
Questions about Moweaqua
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moweaqua, 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.