Living in Moline, IL
Rock Island County
Moline anchors the Illinois side of the real, binational Quad Cities metro shared with Davenport, Iowa -- a genuinely distinct cross-state-metro identity within this project's Illinois buildout. Moline's single most distinctive economic fact is real and substantial: Deere & Company, a Fortune 500 agricultural-equipment manufacturer, maintains its real world headquarters here, with the John Deere Pavilion anchoring downtown Moline as a real, currently-operating visitor attraction tied directly to that corporate identity. Quad City International Airport is physically located in Moline despite its metro-wide name, and UnityPoint Health-Trinity's binational four-hospital system gives Moline direct access to substantial regional healthcare. Moline's population ran 42,985 per the 2020 Census, with a separately-cited, modestly lower 2026 estimate (42,235) suggesting a real, gentle decline. Housing runs genuinely, substantially affordable (Zillow's approximately $148,825 average home value) -- but this record discloses a real, distinct contrast to this project's other three Illinois Tier A markets built this same pass: Moline's own home value ran DOWN 0.5% year-over-year rather than appreciating. Moline's own effective property tax rate (2.99%, Ownwell) runs meaningfully above Illinois's already-high 1.88% statewide average. This record also discloses Moline's real, genuinely elevated citywide crime rate honestly, including NeighborhoodScout's specific flag that Moline carries one of the nation's highest motor-vehicle-theft rates -- a fact this record does not omit to preserve a purely favorable Deere-headquarters-city framing.
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- Housing Market in Moline
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- Taxes in Moline
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- Who Should / Shouldn’t Move to Moline
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Rock Island County level this session. Illinois's top state income tax rate is 4.95%. See the Illinois hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Moline-specific.
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Pros
Genuinely, substantially affordable housing (Zillow's approximately $148,825 average home value); Deere & Company's real world headquarters, a Fortune 500 economic anchor unmatched by any other Illinois Tier A market in this project; the John Deere Pavilion as a real, distinct downtown attraction; Quad City International Airport located directly in Moline; UnityPoint Health-Trinity's substantial regional healthcare presence; and Illinois's real, simple flat 4.95% state income tax with its substantial full retirement-income exemption.
Cons
A real, disclosed housing-value softness (Zillow's figure showing a 0.5% year-over-year decline, a genuine, distinct contrast to appreciation in this project's other three Illinois Tier A markets built this same pass); a real, elevated effective property tax rate (2.99%) above Illinois's own already-high statewide average; a real, disclosed, genuinely elevated citywide crime rate (safer than only about 3% of Illinois communities per NeighborhoodScout); and one of the nation's highest motor-vehicle-theft rates, per NeighborhoodScout's specific flag.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits affordability-focused buyers and first-time homebuyers drawn to Moline's genuinely low purchase prices, young professionals connected to Deere & Company or the broader Quad Cities' binational job market, and anyone whose relocation research specifically involves Moline's real, distinct manufacturing-headquarters and regional-aviation identity.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for anyone prioritizing housing-price appreciation momentum, given Moline's real, disclosed recent softness relative to this project's other three Illinois Tier A markets, or anyone prioritizing the lowest available Illinois crime and vehicle-theft statistics, given this record's honest, unsoftened disclosures on both.
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