The rent at the middle of the market in Odin is $682 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 7.5%. Just over three quarters of households live in a home they own here.

$127KZillow home value

	Odin	Illinois towns	U.S. towns
Median rent	$682 a month	$1,129 a month	$1,185 a month
Households that own their home	76%	75%	73%

Typical home value

Odin$127K

Illinois$296K

+7.5%

value change, 1 year

homes sold in April

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Prices over the yearsUp 7.5% in a year Years of income to buyA typical home costs 2.8 years of income Rents$682 a month · Median rent

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Work & commute

With only 0.5 jobs per working resident, most people in Odin work out of town

In Odin, the income of the median household is $46,000. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 18%. The town’s average commute is 20 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.

3%work in town

	Odin	Illinois towns	U.S. towns
Below the poverty line	18%	8.4%	9.6%
Median household income	$46,000	$83,000	$80,000
Average trip to work	20 minutes	26 minutes	25 minutes
Working residents who work in town	2.8%	8.3%	8%

Where working residents work

In Odin3%

Salem22%

Centralia9%

Mount Vernon8%

Centralia Township3%

21 mi

median commute distance

192

jobs based in Odin

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here192 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work3% work in Odin Commute times20 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 21 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Odin is inland flooding, at a high overall level

FEMA puts 37% of Odin’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 34% to earthquakes. Compared with 69% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher.

69risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingEarthquakesTornadoes

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What it facesHigh risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters6 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get ready1.1 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Odin

The town’s midsummer high is 87°F, above both the Illinois town median (84°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).

7″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter25–42°

Spring44–65°

Summer65–86°

Fall46–67°

Oct 26

typical first frost

Apr 9

typical last frost

+0.7°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 87°, January lows 23°Rain & snow7″ of snow a winter · 44 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+0.7° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Odin is

Two figures for adults in Odin: 15% report frequent physical distress, 13% have diabetes. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9. In Odin, 39% of adults have high blood pressure.

	Odin	Illinois towns	U.S. towns
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	39%	35%	35%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	15%	13%	14%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	13%	11%	12%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)	26%	23%	25%