Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,052, settled in 1853. 3.5 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Trash & recyclingPecatonica’s best subject grade is an A+ for civic life. On hazard risk, just 37 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. On civic life, just 44 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. William H. Roberts House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Pecatonica has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Pecatonica beats most towns.
Where Pecatonica’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Pecatonica is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,029 in 1880, 2,090 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 2 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pecatonica, 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 Pecatonica.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Pecatonica since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Pecatonica for work: only 9% work in town. At 30 minutes, Pecatonica’s average trip to work is where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Pecatonica fell to 569 in 2023, 140 fewer than in 2013.
| Pecatonica | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pecatonica beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of adults binge drink in Pecatonica, above both Illinois’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (16%). 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Pecatonica.
| Pecatonica | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pecatonica | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pecatonica has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 13° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Pecatonica home is worth about $239,000, up 9.1% in a year, 19% below the Illinois typical home. 80% of Pecatonica households own their home.
| Pecatonica | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,038 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Winnebago County Fairgrounds, at 37 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Winnebago County Fairgrounds | — | 37 |
| 2. Sumner Park | — | 25 |
| 3. Blassingham Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pecatonica. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
15 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
33 mi National Historic SiteRonald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site
33 mi MuseumJohn Deere House and Shop
13 mi GardenKlehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden
20 mi MuseumChana SchoolBMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · John Deere House and Shop: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden: KlehmArboretum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chana School: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin), CC BY 2.5
None within 15 miles of Pecatonica; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Pecatonica residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in the United States
Pecatonica is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,090 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
3.5 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Not for the area. That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($68,033 across the Rockford, 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+.
2 notable people were born here, including Mark Dean and Warren Kasch.
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