Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bloomington Township grades B+ overall, 331st among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $112K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 68% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $294K, 3.7 years of the Bloomington metro’s $80K median household income. Bloomington Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns.
Where Bloomington Township beats most towns.
Where Bloomington Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bloomington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,594 in 1850, 78,680 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 3 maps from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomington 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 Bloomington Township.
Bloomington Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
11% of Bloomington Township adults report frequent physical distress. Bloomington Township beats the Illinois average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Bloomington Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Bloomington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bloomington Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here fell from 1,208 in 2013 to 479. The average commute for its 1,190 working residents takes 16.9 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Bloomington Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Bloomington Township has lost 729 jobs, to 479 in 2023. 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Bloomington Township.
| Bloomington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
5.6 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Bloomington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bloomington Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bloomington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bloomington Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
34 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum37 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo5 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation Museum
6 mi GardenFell ArboretumRobert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bloomington Township
About 3 of every 100 Bloomington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 78,680 as of the 2020 census, making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, which has a population of roughly 170,000. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. Bloomington is home to Illinois Wesleyan University and the headquarters for State Farm and Country Financial. Bloomington is also home to the minor…
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6 towns share a border with Bloomington Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Old Town Township (A−) is closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Township | #331 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A |
| Bloomington | #204 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Bloomington City Township | #188 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Dale Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Randolph Township | #130 | A | B+ | — | A− | A |
| Old Town Township | #251 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Downs Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bloomington Township, Bloomington, Bloomington City Township, Dale Township, Randolph Township and Old Town Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Downs Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bloomington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bloomington Township grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #331 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Walkability 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 C.
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