Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 515, settled in 1856.
Biggsville Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 63 in 1860, a peak of 487 in 1890, 300 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 3 maps from 1934 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Biggsville 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Biggsville Township.
Expected losses in Biggsville Township break down as 50% from inland flooding and 14% from drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by West Central CUSD 235. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The 3 public schools in Biggsville Township teach 583 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 321 | C− |
| West Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 212 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
The range runs from 15° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Half of commuters travel less than 17 miles. Since 2013, Biggsville Township has added 108 jobs, to 208 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm here: 5% of working residents work locally. The town’s median household income is $105,000, above both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Biggsville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $105,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
6.5% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Biggsville Township, below both Illinois’ towns (7.9%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 4. Among adults here, 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Biggsville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Biggsville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The midpoint age in Biggsville Township is 35.9 years. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. Biggsville Township: just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. 515 people lived in Biggsville Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 6.9% fewer than in 2020.
| Biggsville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.9 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
45% women, 55% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Biggsville Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 20% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.6% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.2% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.1% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
2.6 miles of trail. Biggsville Township’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Biggsville Township
About 6 of every 100 Biggsville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Biggsville is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census, down from 304 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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Biggsville Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.