Electric companies in Adams County, Illinois

Q: Adams County, IL: what do homes pay for electricity?

No single price in Adams County, IL: 1 utility deliver power and homes pick a plan. Illinois average 15.87 cents per kWh, $110 a month at 693 kWh.

Q: Adams County, IL: how many homes heat with electricity?

Adams County, IL: 9,195 of 27,770 occupied homes, 33.1%, rank 21 of 102.

Q: Adams County, IL: median household income?

$64,962 in Adams County, IL, rank 54 of 102; 65,166 residents, 27,770 households.

Q: Adams County, IL: outage-linked storms since 2015?

Adams County, IL: 83 NWS events, peak year 2025.

Q: Adams County, IL: flood insurance claims since 2015?

Adams County, IL: 46 NFIP flood claims, $2.4M paid, 1.9 per 1,000 homes, 0.3% of homes insured.

Q: How old are the homes in Adams County, IL?

Adams County, IL: median home built 1964; 70.9% predate 1980, 75.7% detached, 9.0% in 5+ unit buildings.

Q: Adams County, IL: share of income for energy?

Adams County, IL homes spend $1,757 a year on electricity, $2,619 on all energy: 3.3% of $79,264; 9.3% for lower incomes.

Adams County, IL ranks 11th of 102 Illinois counties for heat wave risk, FEMA score 91.2. Adams County, IL has 65,166 residents. Adams County, IL: 1 utility listed by EIA.

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Adams County, IL on the map

Adams County, IL darker: more storm events

Electric utilities in Adams County, IL

Utility listed for Adams County, IL	Type	Home accounts in Illinois
Ameren Illinois Company in Adams County, IL	Investor Owned	1,060,894

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Outage risk in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 83 in all, 127.4 per 100,000 residents of 65,166, rank 62 of 102 Illinois counties. Property damage in Adams County, IL: $307K.

Events by year in Adams County, IL

events a year, Adams County, IL

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Events by type

events by type, Adams County, IL

Thunderstorm and high wind56
Winter storm and heavy snow12
Heat wave9
Tornado5
Ice storm1

Adams County, IL outage-linked hazards
Adams County, IL	FEMA	Score	Rank	Events	Peak	Damage
Adams County, IL, thunderstorm and high wind	Relatively High	90.1	15 of 102	56	2019 (9)	$142K
Adams County, IL, tornado	Relatively Low	58.8	50 of 102	5	2025 (3)	$165K
Adams County, IL, hurricane and tropical storm	Very Low	23.9	57 of 102	0	none	$0
Adams County, IL, ice storm	Relatively Low	53.5	42 of 102	1	2017 (1)	$0
Adams County, IL, winter storm and heavy snow	Relatively Moderate	62.5	35 of 102	12	2022 (4)	$0
Adams County, IL, heat wave	Relatively Moderate	91.2	11 of 102	9	2015 (3)	$0

ZIP codes in Adams County, IL

62301
62305
62312
62320
62324
62325
62338
62339
62346
62347
62348
62349
62351
62359
62360
62365
62376

Facts about Adams County, IL

Residents of Adams County, IL, ACS 2023: 65,16623 of 102 Illinois counties
Households in Adams County, IL: 27,7702.35 people each
Owner-occupied homes in Adams County, IL: 72.5%20,132 owner and 7,638 renter households
Median household income in Adams County, IL: $64,96254 of 102 Illinois counties
Housing units in Adams County, IL: 30,2832,513 vacant or seasonal, 8.3% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in Adams County, IL: 33.1%9,195 homes, 21 of 102 Illinois counties
Utilities listed for Adams County, IL: 11 with a home price: Ameren Illinois Company
ZIP areas touching Adams County, IL: 1762301 to 62376
Outage-linked storm events in Adams County, IL: 83NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in Adams County, IL: 70.9%median year built 1964
Flood claims in Adams County, IL: 46NFIP 2015 to 2025, $2.4M paid
Home energy burden in Adams County, IL: 3.3%$1,757 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL has no price series of its own. Adams County, IL: the Illinois average was 12.50 ¢/kWh in 2015. Adams County, IL: 15.87 ¢ in 2024, 27% up. Adams County, IL: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Adams County, IL: a 693 kWh month at the Illinois price. Adams County, IL: $87 in 2015, $110 in 2024. Adams County, IL: $1,320 a year, 2.0% of the $64,962 median income.

Adams: 10 yearly prices

Year	Illinois average	Adams: Gap to U.S. average
2015, Adams	12.50	-0.15
2016, Adams	12.54	-0.01
2017, Adams	12.95	+0.06
2018, Adams	12.77	-0.10
2019, Adams	13.03	+0.02
2020, Adams	13.04	-0.11
2021, Adams	13.18	-0.48
2022, Adams	15.65	+0.61
2023, Adams	15.71	-0.29
2024, Adams	15.87	-0.61

Adams County, IL: EIA-861 home prices, 2015 to 2024, not a Adams County, IL price.

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Housing and heating in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL: 21,467 of 30,283 homes were built before 1980 and 3,846 in 2000 or later. Adams County, IL has 22,919 detached houses, 2,738 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 1,371 mobile homes, and 7,638 of 27,770 households rent.

Age of homes in Adams County, IL

% of homes by decade built, Adams County, IL

24pre-40
740s
1450s
1360s
1470s
780s
990s
800s
510s
020+

Heating fuel in Adams County, IL

% of homes by main fuel, Adams County

Utility gas58.7
Electricity33.1
Propane5.6

Adams County, IL housing against Illinois counties
Adams County, IL	Value	State median	Gap	Rank (1 = highest)
Adams County, IL, median year built	1964	1969	-5 years	69 of 102
Adams County, IL, built before 1980	70.9%	66.6%	+4.3 points	38 of 102
Adams County, IL, built 2000 or later	12.7%	14.2%	-1.5 points	60 of 102
Adams County, IL, detached houses	75.7%	78.6%	-2.9 points	70 of 102
Adams County, IL, apartments in 5+ unit buildings	9.0%	5.4%	+3.7 points	22 of 102
Adams County, IL, mobile homes	4.5%	5.6%	-1.1 points	57 of 102
Adams County, IL, renter households	27.5%	23.2%	+4.3 points	23 of 102
Adams County, IL, median home value	$155,900	$126,000	+$29,900	30 of 102
Adams County, IL, median gross rent a month	$826	$793	+$33	38 of 102
Adams County, IL, people per household	2.29	2.35	-0.06	75 of 102

Cost of living with electricity in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL: electricity $1,757 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,619, 3.3% of $79,264 income. 27,490 households in Adams County, IL spend about $48.3 million a year on electricity and $72.0 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Adams County, IL ($22,138 a year) spend 9.3% of income, 2.8 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in Adams County, IL

% of income on energy, Adams County, IL

All households3.3
Lower income9.3
Owners3.2
Renters3.8
Illinois counties2.3

Adams County, IL home energy cost by household group
Adams County, IL	Homes	Income	Power	Gas	Other	Burden
Adams County, IL, all households	27,490	$79,264	$1,757	$842	$20	3.3%
Adams County, IL, lower income	8,854	$22,138	$1,421	$629	$17	9.3%
Adams County, IL, owners	19,845	$95,737	$2,012	$1,060	$25	3.2%
Adams County, IL, renters	7,645	$36,505	$1,096	$277	$8	3.8%

Flood claims and flood insurance in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL: 46 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $2.4M paid, median paid claim $48,085.

74 of 23,678 residential structures in Adams County, IL carry an NFIP contract. 113 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Adams County, IL on 8 Sep 2026. Adams County, IL lists 22 repetitive-loss properties, 7 of them severe repetitive loss.

Adams County, IL: claims history, not an outage count.

Flood claims by year in Adams County, IL

flood claims a year, Adams County, IL

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0'16
0'17
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37'19
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<5'21
0'22
0'23
0'24
0'25

Adams County, IL flood claims and flood insurance
Adams County, IL	Value	Median county	Rank (1 = highest)
Adams County, IL, claims 2015-2025	46	—	20 of 61
Adams County, IL, paid 2015-2025	$2.4M	—	13 of 61
Adams County, IL, median paid claim	$48,085	—	—
Adams County, IL, claims per 1,000 homes	1.9	1.1	24 of 61
Adams County, IL, homes with flood insurance	0.3%	0.3%	52 of 99
Adams County, IL, policies in force	113	—	—
Adams County, IL, repetitive-loss properties	22	—	—

Adams County, IL: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Adams County, IL: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL totals 5,500 heating degree days and 1,159 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Adams County, IL is the 50th coldest of 102 counties in Illinois: 5,500 against a median of 5,457. For cooling, Adams County, IL is the 43rd hottest: 1,159 against a median of 1,112.

Adams County, IL is a cold-winter county, with 4,341 more heating than cooling degree days.

Adams County, IL: 5,221 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,500 on the normal, 5% under.

In Adams County, IL, 33.1% of 27,770 homes heat with electricity; the other 66.9% use another main heating fuel.

Adams County, IL

Heating degree days, 5,500 vs 5,457101
Cooling degree days, 1,159 vs 1,112104
Electric heat, 33.1% vs 22.2%149
IL median county100

Adams County, IL: degree days, electric heat
Adams County, IL	Value	IL median county	Adams County, IL, rank (1 = highest)
Adams County, IL, heating degree days, 1991-2020 normal	5,500	5,457	50 of 102
Adams County, IL, heating degree days, 2016-2025 mean	5,221	5,201	51 of 102
Adams County, IL, cooling degree days, 1991-2020 normal	1,159	1,112	43 of 102
Adams County, IL, cooling degree days, 2016-2025 mean	1,272	1,200	39 of 102
Adams County, IL, electric heating, ACS 2019-2023	33.1%	22.2%	21 of 102

Adams County, IL: ACS B25040, 27,770 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Analyst note on Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL touches 17 ZIP areas, 62301 to 62376, about 3,833 residents each. Adams County, IL counts 65,166 residents in 27,770 households. 9,195 of the 27,770 homes in Adams County, IL heat with electricity.

Household income in Adams County, IL is $64,962; 20,132 of its 27,770 households own. Adams County, IL has 30,283 housing units, 2,513 (8.3%) vacant or seasonal, and 7,638 rented homes. Adams County, IL logged 83 storm events for its 65,166 residents.

The median home in Adams County, IL dates from 1964. Homes in Adams County, IL pay $1,757 a year for electricity.

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Compare Adams County, IL with its neighbours

Hancock County sits 31 miles north of Adams County, IL, with 17,434 residents against 65,166 there, 88 storm events against 83, median home built 1963 against 1964, energy burden 4.0% against 3.3%, income $65,044 against $64,962.
Pike County sits 33 miles southeast of Adams County, IL, with 14,625 residents against 65,166 there, 63 storm events against 83, median home built 1960 against 1964, energy burden 4.7% against 3.3%, income $58,029 against $64,962.
Brown County sits 39 miles east of Adams County, IL, with 6,320 residents against 65,166 there, 38 storm events against 83, median home built 1960 against 1964, energy burden 4.3% against 3.3%, income $72,288 against $64,962.
Schuyler County sits 47 miles east of Adams County, IL, with 6,826 residents against 65,166 there, 43 storm events against 83, median home built 1971 against 1964, energy burden 4.1% against 3.3%, income $66,059 against $64,962.
McDonough County sits 53 miles northeast of Adams County, IL, with 27,102 residents against 65,166 there, 115 storm events against 83, median home built 1966 against 1964, energy burden 3.9% against 3.3%, income $50,434 against $64,962.

Cities in Adams County, IL

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Questions on Adams County, IL

Adams County, IL: what do homes pay for electricity?