Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Braceville Township’s strongest is schools (A): its schools outperform 90% of the state's. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $83K. At about $225K, a typical home costs 2.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. The catch is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to an A overall and a rank of 109th of 767 in Illinois. Set against the rest, it does better than 91% of U.S. towns. 27% of residents are under 18 in the town, against 22% in Illinois’ towns and 22% across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Where Braceville Township beats most towns.
Where Braceville 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 Braceville Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 278 in 1880, a low of 219 in 1930, 724 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1968 and 2 maps from 1983 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Braceville 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 Braceville Township.
Braceville Township pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the Illinois norm and pairs an A for schools with modest home prices.
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $225K.
Below: Three of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. The largest public high school is Coal City High School, with 642 students. Its public schools are run by Coal City CUSD 1.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal City Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 454 | A |
| Coal City High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 642 | B+ |
| Coal City Intermediate SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 294 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Since 2008, one flood insurance claim has been paid in Braceville Township. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in nearly four fifths of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Braceville Township break down as 57% from cold waves and 23% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Braceville Township: 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Just a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its typical journey to work is 28 minutes. The top destinations are Coal City (10%), Joliet (9%) and Chicago (8%).
| Braceville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Braceville Township grades A overall with a typical home of about $225K, below the Illinois typical value; only 48 of the 183 Illinois towns graded A− or better can say that. Homes are within reach (about $225K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 23 miles.
Typical home values rose 3.8% in the year to September 2026. The share of households in Braceville Township who own their home: 79%.
| Braceville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,143 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A winter brings about 25 inches of snow, with January nights at 16° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 3 parks and preserves: 3.1 miles of trail. Braceville Township’s concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 3, covering 18 acres.
| Braceville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coal City High Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Lions Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Campbell Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Just over one in ten adults have diabetes in Braceville Township. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 5. In Braceville Township, 18% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 77% had a checkup this year.
| Braceville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Braceville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.3% | 15.9% |
| More smokers | 15.2% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Braceville Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Braceville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Braceville is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, with a portion in Will County. The population was 724 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Braceville Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braceville Township | #109 | A | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Maine Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Reed Township | #217 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B− |
Greenfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Braceville Township, Greenfield Township and Reed Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Maine Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Braceville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Braceville Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #109 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and A for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.