Bowling TownshipIL
A town of 3,366.
Is Bowling Township a good place to live?
Bowling Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $235K, 3.2 years of the Davenport metro’s $73K median household income. It grades B− overall, 463rd among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Only 49 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability.
99% of working residents leave Bowling Township for work
Where Bowling Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bowling Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bowling Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bowling Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bowling 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 Bowling Township.
Bowling Township sends many workers across the state line to Davenport and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Most working residents commute out of Bowling Township
21% of working residents cross a state line to work, Davenport among the top destinations. Bowling Township has 121 jobs for its 1,510 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bowling Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Bowling Township has added 59 jobs, to 121 in 2023. At $101,000, Bowling Township’s median household income is where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Bowling Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Bowling Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Bowling Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Bowling Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Bowling Township are healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,389 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bowling Township’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bowling Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 39% of adults have obesity in Bowling Township, above both Illinois’ towns (37%) and U.S. towns (35%). 18% of adults binge drink in Bowling Township.
| Bowling Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bowling Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rock Island Arsenal and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bowling Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Ancient siteRock Island Arsenal
7 mi MuseumBlack Hawk State Historic Site
11 mi MuseumFigge Art Museum77K visitors a year10 mi Zoo & aquariumNiabi Zoo
11 mi MuseumPutnam Museum
12 mi GardenVander Veer Botanical ParkPhoto credits
Rock Island Arsenal: Robert A, Ryan, J. Ceronia, and Bruce A. Harms, Photographers, Public domain · Black Hawk State Historic Site: Bill Whittaker (talk). Original uploader was Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Figge Art Museum: Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Putnam Museum: Ctjf83 of English Wikipedia (log), Public domain · Vander Veer Botanical Park: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Bowling Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Bowling Township
About 5 of every 100 Bowling Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Bowling Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Bowling Township is located in Rock Island County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,414 and it contained 1,455 housing units.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
Bowling Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Bowling Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Township | #463 | B− | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Rural Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blackhawk Township | #494 | B− | B+ | — | C− | B− |
| Edgington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | B+ |
| Preemption Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Coyne Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oak Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andalusia Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B |
Edgington Township, Preemption Township and Andalusia Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bowling Township, Blackhawk Township, Edgington Township, Preemption Township and Andalusia Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rural Township, Coyne Center and Oak Grove aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bowling Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bowling Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bowling Township, IL a good place to live?
Bowling Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #463 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bowling 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.