Aux Sable TownshipIL
A town of 15,963.
Is Aux Sable Township a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Aux Sable Township grades B overall, 437th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The median household earns $109K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $321K, 3.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 8.6% of residents are 65 or older in Aux Sable Township, below both the Illinois town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). On history, just 103 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse.
Aux Sable Township has grown 22% since 2010
13,061 counted in 2010 and 15,361 in 2020; an estimated 15,963 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Aux Sable Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Aux Sable Township is from typical.
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Moving to Aux Sable Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Aux Sable Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Aux Sable Township.
Aux Sable Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Aux Sable Township is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,252 U.S. towns with household incomes like Aux Sable Township’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Aux Sable Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of Aux Sable Township adults binge drink.
| Aux Sable Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Aux Sable Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Aux Sable Township beat 66% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Minooka CCSD 201. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Minooka Community High School, with 2,918 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minooka Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 1,024 | B |
| Minooka Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,918 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Younger than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 9% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Aux Sable Township is 32 years. Aux Sable Township has grown 4% since 2020, to 15,963 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Aux Sable Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 28% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 33.1, men 31.5.
| Aux Sable Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Aux Sable Township
Aux Sable Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Aux Sable Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 3,745 in 2013 to 6,468.
Aux Sable Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Aux Sable Township grew to 6,468 in 2023, 2,723 more than in 2013. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Aux Sable Township.
| Aux Sable Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cold waves leads a moderate hazard risk in Aux Sable Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 66 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Aux Sable Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1.4% of Aux Sable Township
2.9 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves.
| Aux Sable 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% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Arbor Lakes Park | — | 11 |
| 2. Summit Park | — | 11 |
| 3. Lions Park | 0.2 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mazon Creek and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Aux Sable Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
36 mi State parkStarved Rock State Park
37 mi Zoo & aquariumBrookfield Zoo
30 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
11 mi National forestMidewin National Tallgrass PrairiePhoto credits
SeatGeek Stadium: Khvmty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brookfield Zoo: Ronincmc, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Aux Sable Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Aux Sable Township
About 6 of every 100 Aux Sable Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Aux Sable Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Aux Sable Township (T34N R8E) is one of seventeen townships in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,361 and it contained 5,184 housing units.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 551 ft
Aux Sable Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Aux Sable Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aux Sable Township | #437 | B | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Goose Lake Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Saratoga Township | #289 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B |
| Seward Township | #472 | B− | D | — | B | A− |
| Channahon Township | #333 | B+ | B | — | B | B+ |
| Minooka | #256 | A− | C− | A | B | A− |
Goose Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Aux Sable Township, Goose Lake Township, Saratoga Township, Seward Township and Channahon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Aux Sable Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Aux Sable Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Aux Sable Township, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Aux Sable Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #437 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Aux Sable Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.