The Orchards MHC: mobile home park in Carterville, Illinois
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the Illinois state registry, updated July 2026.
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A 114-space mobile home park in Carterville, IL. The park runs its own regulated water system, so it — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot. The nearest everyday shopping is a few miles out.
Flood risk looks favorable here: the park sits in zone X, clear of FEMA's special hazard designation. 114 spaces — big enough that billing by spreadsheet starts to show its cracks. 100% of homes in the area report broadband at 100/20 Mbps or faster — one less worry for remote work.
- Size
- 114 spaces · largest of 3 in Williamson County (median 28)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 85% of Illinois's registered parks
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,037/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Flood zone
- N/A — outside the mapped floodplain
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 29% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 22 recorded in Williamson County since 1950, strongest F4 (NOAA)
- Water
- Own public system (surface water) · EPA IL1990120
- Nearest
- Grocery 2.5 mi · pharmacy 5 mi · clinic 4.5 mi
- School & ER
- Carterville High School 0.7 mi · Herrin Hospital (ER) 5.5 mi
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 68% · gigabit 68%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $909/mo · median income $71,000 · 5% mobile homes
Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Internet and neighborhood figures describe the surrounding town — and the rent benchmark, wildfire rank, and tornado count the wider county — not this park’s own lots. The fair market rent is apartment-style rent (HUD’s area benchmark), not this park’s lot rent. Rent limits are not legal advice.
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Worth knowing
This park runs its own regulated public water system (EPA id IL1990120), drawing from a surface-water source. The system reports serving about 253 residents through 101 service connections.
Carterville sits about 6 miles northeast of Carbondale (about 21,000 people). 12 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: Illinois bars charging residents again for common-area water the utility already bills separately, and where common-area use isn’t separately metered, caps what residents can be billed at 80% of the total utility bill (765 ILCS 745/6.2). Check the math free with the water submeter calculator.
- Paying rent: ask the park office how they take payment. Parks that run on Lot Sidekick hand residents clear, itemized rent and water bills.
- Thinking about moving here? What to ask a park before you rent a lot, and what lot rent covers and how it goes up.
Common questions
How many spaces does The Orchards MHC have?
The Orchards MHC has 114 total spaces per the Illinois park registry (as of July 23, 2026).
Is this The Orchards MHC's official website or phone number?
No. This is The Orchards MHC's page in the Lot Sidekick park directory, built from the state registry. We're independent of the park and can't take messages for it. The park office hasn't added a public contact here yet; if you own the park, claiming the page (free) lets you add one.
Where is The Orchards MHC?
200 Paradise Acres Rd, Carterville, Illinois 62918, in Williamson County.
How much is lot rent at The Orchards MHC?
The Orchards MHC doesn't publish its lot rent anywhere we could find, and we won't guess at a figure. Call the park office to ask. For scale: HUD's FY 2026 fair market rent for a 2-bedroom rental around Williamson County is $1,037/mo — that's apartment-style rent for the area, and lot rent (the ground under a home you own) usually runs well below it. If you run this park, you can add your real lot rent to this page for free.
How much can lot rent go up at The Orchards MHC?
Illinois sets no statewide cap on lot-rent increases, and state law bars cities from setting a local one (50 ILCS 825) — but every increase needs 90 days' written notice, and a resident whose new rent would top 45% of household income can defer paying the increase for up to a year while listing their home for sale (765 ILCS 745/6, 745/6.4).
Where does the water at The Orchards MHC come from?
The Orchards MHC operates its own public water system, registered with the EPA as IL1990120. That means the park — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot. You can look up its monitoring and compliance record by that id in the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System.
Nearby parks in Williamson County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Hocbriar Mobile Home Estates | ~1.6 mi | 28 |
| Hickory Leaf | ~3.6 mi | 13 |
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 114-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 Illinois cap applied to a 114-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 114 lots so the pennies add up exactly.
- Water submeter calculator: two meter reads in, an at-cost tenant bill out.
- Notice generator: a clean, printable rent-increase notice with the dates filled in.
- Rent receipt generator: a printable receipt for a cash, check, or money-order payment — two copies to a sheet.
- Prorated rent calculator: the exact first-month charge when someone moves in mid-cycle.
Registry record
| Registered with | The Illinois Department of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Listed as | The Orchards MHC |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health manufactured home communities directory (dph.illinois.gov), as of July 23, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
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