Belmont TownshipIL
A town of 2,362.
Is Belmont Township a good place to live?
The best of Belmont Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for walkability; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 10 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 93% of the country. The biggest park or preserve is Legion Park, at 26 acres. Belmont Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
88% of working residents leave Belmont Township for work
Where Belmont Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Belmont Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Belmont Township is from typical.
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Moving to Belmont Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Belmont 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 Belmont Township.
A larger share of adults report frequent physical distress in Belmont Township than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
18% of Belmont Township adults report frequent physical distress, above both the Illinois town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 27% of Belmont Township adults say their health is fair or poor. Belmont Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21.
| Belmont Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Belmont Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.7% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Belmont Township’s schools rank behind 66% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Iroquois County CUSD 9. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Raymond SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 321 | – |
| Watseka Comm High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 294 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
The FEMA risk score in Belmont Township is higher than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Belmont Township’s FEMA risk score is 90 of 100, where Illinois’ towns sit at 50 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Belmont Township’s working residents commute to Watseka
Most working residents leave Belmont Township for work: only 12% work in town. The average trip to work in Belmont Township is 21 minutes. Jobs based in Belmont Township fell to 629 in 2023, 160 fewer than in 2013.
| Belmont Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Belmont Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Belmont Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Legion Park | — | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Belmont Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Belmont Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Belmont Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Belmont Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Belmont Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,410 and it contained 1,139 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Belmont Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Belmont Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Middleport Township | #727 | D | B+ | — | C | D |
| Crescent Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milford Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Sheldon Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C− |
Belmont Township, Milford Township and Sheldon Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Belmont Township, Middleport Township, Milford Township and Sheldon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Crescent Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Belmont Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Belmont Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Belmont Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.