Bennington TownshipIL
A town of 1,542.
Is Bennington Township a good place to live?
The best of Bennington Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C for incomes. 12% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bennington Township, below both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Bennington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Bennington Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bennington Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bennington Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bennington 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 Bennington Township.
On state tests, Bennington Township’s schools trail 61% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Fieldcrest CUSD 6. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldcrest Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 189 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Bennington Township is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Bennington Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 39% of Bennington Township adults have high blood pressure, above both Illinois’ towns (35%) and U.S. towns (35%). 15% of Bennington Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Bennington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bennington Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11% | 13.2% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.3% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Bennington Township
Bennington Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.9 jobs for every working resident, most of Bennington Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bennington Township for work: only 16% work in town. Since 2013, Bennington Township has added 267 jobs, to 582 in 2023. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Bennington Township.
| Bennington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Bennington Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Bennington Township
1.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bennington Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bennington Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Bennington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Bennington Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Bennington Township is located in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,669 and it contained 750 housing units. Bennington Township formed from a portion of Bell Plain Township. The exact date is unknown, but it was prior to 1860.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Bennington Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bennington Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Groveland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bell Plain Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clayton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evans Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Rutland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bennington Township and Evans Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bennington Township and Evans Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Groveland Township, Bell Plain Township, Clayton Township and Rutland aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bennington Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bennington Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bennington 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 A.