Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For a city of 104,303, Bremen Township does unevenly: it grades C+, ranked 534th of 767 in Illinois. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark is a C in cost of living. The biggest place to walk is Tinley Creek Forest Preserve, 2,091 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. On civic life, just 118 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. Bremen Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
Where Bremen Township beats most towns.
Where Bremen 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 Bremen Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 109,575 in 2000, 107,149 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bremen Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw20 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bremen 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 Bremen Township.
| Bremen Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Yankee Woods | 1.8 mi | 530 |
| 2. Oak Forest Heritage Preserve | 1.2 mi | 181 |
| 3. Gensburg - Markham Prairie Nature Preserve | 1.2 mi | 131 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 52 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 766 | C− |
| Bremen High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,414 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Bremen Township for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Bremen Township has added 2,740 jobs, to 29,240 in 2023. 13% of Bremen Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Bremen Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 314 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bremen Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bremen Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bremen Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 21% of adults worry about having enough food in Bremen Township.
| Bremen Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Bremen Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 7.8% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 17.3% | 13.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.8% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
18 within 15 miles of the center of Bremen Township
About 5 of every 100 Bremen Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Township in Illinois, United States
Bremen Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 107,149 and it contained 42,611 housing units. It was organized in 1850 and is located southwest of Chicago in southern Cook County. An administrative office for Bremen Township is located at 16361 South Kedzie Parkway, Markham, Illinois. It is named after the State of the same name in Germany as this area was settled by primarily German settlers.
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7 towns share a border with Bremen Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen Township | #534 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B |
| Thornton Township | #693 | D | C+ | — | C− | C |
| Orland Township | #163 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Rich Township | #601 | C | C | — | C− | B |
| Worth Township | #531 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Posen | #653 | C− | B− | C− | C | B− |
| Dixmoor | #728 | D | B− | — | D | C− |
| Tinley Park | #210 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
Bremen Township, Thornton Township, Orland Township, Rich Township, Worth Township and Dixmoor report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bremen Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bremen Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #534 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
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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