TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens State Bank vs Blackhawk Area Credit Union

Bank

Citizens State Bank

Lena, Illinois · $100 million – $1 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Blackhawk Area Credit Union

Savanna, Illinois · Under $100 million in assets

79of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens State BankBlackhawk Area Credit Union
TellerScore6779 (stronger)
Capital cushion4684 (stronger)
Loan quality5996 (stronger)
Earnings89 (stronger)45
Funding & liquidity81 (stronger)71
Problem-loan coverage8398 (stronger)
Peer percentile34th62nd
Total assets$453.3M$39.1M
Deposits / shares$407.5M$34.5M
Capital ratio9.58%13.41% (stronger)
Problem loans1.23%0.13% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.02% (stronger)0.09%
Return on assets1.73% (stronger)0.62%
Loans ÷ deposits73.5% (stronger)89.3%
Uninsured deposits19.7%0.0% (stronger)
Offices53
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Blackhawk Area Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens State Bank leads on 3 and Blackhawk Area Credit Union on 4. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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