Blount TownshipIL
A town of 3,322, settled in 1876.
Is Blount Township a good place to live?
Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C, 590th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The median household earns $110K and it has 31 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 11% of the land in Blount Township is conserved, above both the Illinois town median (3.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Kickapoo State Recreation Area, at 499 acres with 14.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
99% of working residents leave Blount Township for work
Where Blount Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Blount Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Blount Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 3%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Blount Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blount 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 Blount Township.
Blount Township sends most of its workers to Danville and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
11.2% of Blount Township is conserved land
Blount Township’s trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile, above Illinois’ towns (0.3) and close to U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kickapoo State Recreation Area | 14.1 mi | 499 |
| 2. Heron Park | 0.3 mi | 99 |
| 3. Jaycees Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults in Blount Township have obesity than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Against the 7,068 U.S. towns with household incomes like Blount Township’s, it is less healthy than 98%, so it trails even them.
44% of Blount Township adults have obesity. Blount Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 42% of Blount Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Blount Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Blount Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18% | 12.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.9% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blount Township stands out in Illinois and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Blount Township has 104 jobs for its 1,426 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 19.3 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
0.6% of working residents work locally in Blount Township. Jobs based in Blount Township grew to 104 in 2023, 37 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Blount Township is 19 minutes.
| Blount Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Blount Township
Blount Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Blount Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Blount Township since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Blount Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Blount Township
About 4 of every 100 Blount Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Blount Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Blount Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,428 and it contained 1,475 housing units.
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- Area
- 52 sq mi
- Elevation
- 679 ft
Blount Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Blount Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blount Township | #590 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Pilot Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newell Township | #626 | C− | B− | — | B | C |
| Danville · Danville Township | #766 | D− | B | D− | D− | D |
| Oakwood Township | #679 | C− | B | — | C | C |
| South Ross Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Catlin Township | #483 | B− | B− | — | B | C+ |
Blount Township, Newell Township, Oakwood Township and Catlin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pilot Township and South Ross Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Danville Township and Danville are one community, graded once. Compare Blount Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Blount Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blount Township, IL a good place to live?
Blount Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #590 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Blount Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.