Antioch, Illinois
For today’s Retirement Life Planning we are going to look at Antioch, Illinois.
Antioch is located in North East Illinois about 54 miles North West of Chicago. Antioch has a poulation of about 13,000 people.
Antioch averages about 34″ of rain per year with the wettest months being August (4.5″), June (4.2″) and July (4.0″). Since Antioch is close to Lake Michigan, they get a lot of lake effect snow and average around 40″ of snow per year.
Here are the average high temperatures by month:
Jan 28
Feb 33
Mar 43
Apr 56
May 69
Jun 78
Jul 82
Aug 80
Sep 73
Oct 61
Nov 46
Dec 33
Here is some more information about Antioch:
48% Democrat
50% Republican
39% Catholic
10% Prostestant
92% White
4% Hispanic
The overall cost of living rates at 104 on a scale that uses 100 as average.
Antioch averages 186 sunny days per year.
If you are thinking about reireing to the Chicago area but don’t want to be too close to Chicago, then Antioch may be a place to consider in your Retirement Life Planning.
