Bonus TownshipIL
A town of 4,390.
Is Bonus Township a good place to live?
Bonus Township earns a D, 699th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 78% of the state's. In its favor, it has 15 miles of trail. Only 112 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability. The typical home is worth about $258K, 3.8 years of the Rockford metro’s $68K median household income.
99% of working residents leave Bonus Township for work
Where Bonus Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bonus Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bonus Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bonus Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bonus 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 Bonus Township.
Bonus Township sends most of its workers to Rockford and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Red Horse Bend | — | 18 |
| 2. Winteroath Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of working residents in Bonus Township work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Bonus Township has 317 jobs for its 1,718 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.6% of working residents work locally in Bonus Township, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Bonus Township grew to 317 in 2023, 112 more than in 2013. The median household income in Bonus Township is $101,000.
| Bonus Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bonus Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Bonus Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 83°F, Bonus Township’s July high is where Illinois’ towns sit at 84°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Bonus Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Bonus Township is less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,477 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bonus Township’s, it is less healthy than 76%, so it trails even them.
Bonus Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 14% of adults report frequent physical distress in Bonus Township.
| Bonus Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bonus Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.1% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Illinois Railway Museum and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bonus Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
35 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
18 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
16 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
25 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
29 mi Theme parkSanta's Village Amusement & Water ParkPhoto credits
Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park: Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Bonus Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bonus Township
About 5 of every 100 Bonus Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Bonus Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Russellville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States. Russellville is southeast of Poplar Grove.
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- Elevation
- 801 ft
Bonus Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Bonus Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus Township | #699 | D | C | — | C− | B− |
| Spring Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belvidere Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marengo Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bonus Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Spring Township, Belvidere Township and Marengo Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bonus Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bonus Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bonus Township, IL a good place to live?
Bonus Township grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #699 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bonus 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 C.