Yates City is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Yates City, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Yates City have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
65 and older: 32 of every 100 people in Yates City
Home workers make up 2 in 100 workers (IL: 16). Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Yates City changed by −7%. The town is home to about 629 people (2025 Census estimate). Across IL, 67 in 100 households own their home; locally, 86.
Median age 49.3 (IL 39).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 36 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Yates City says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Yates City
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Yates City’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Yates City or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Yates City in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.