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Amboy Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $155K, 2.2 years of the Dixon area’s $70K median household income. It grades C overall, 584th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $68K, and 12% of residents live below the poverty line. On the outdoors, just 91 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. 16% of residents are under 18 in Amboy Township, below both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%).
Where Amboy Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Amboy Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,615 in 1860, 2,278 in 2020. The archive holds 15 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Amboy Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Amboy Township.
Its public schools are run by Amboy CUSD 272. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy Central Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 283 | A |
| Amboy High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 229 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Amboy Township has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Amboy Township for work: only 14% work in town. Amboy Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes. The top destinations are Dixon (12%), Amboy (11%) and Chicago (5%).
| Amboy Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Amboy Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 15% of Amboy Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Amboy Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Amboy Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.9% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.2% | 13.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Amboy Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Amboy Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Amboy Township
About 2 of every 100 Amboy Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Amboy is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States, along the Green River. As of the 2020 census, Amboy had a population of 2,278.
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4 towns share a border with Amboy Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy Township | #584 | C | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Lee Center Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amboy | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
Amboy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Amboy Township and Amboy report no FBI crime data of their own. Lee Center Township, Marion Township and May Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Amboy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Amboy Township grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #584 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.