Brown TownshipIL
A town of 2,112. 89% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Brown Township a good place to live?
The best of Brown Township’s subject grades are an A for health, an A− for incomes, and an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Only 22 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score higher on civic life. Brown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Brown Township stand out
Where Brown Township beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Brown Township for work
Where Brown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Brown Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Brown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
American Football House and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brown Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
19 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
13 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum
22 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
28 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
19 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing ArtsPhoto credits
American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain
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Moving to Brown Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brown 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 Brown Township.
Brown Township is healthier than 89% of U.S. towns
In Brown Township, 17% of adults get no exercise outside work. CDC measures, 32 in all: Brown Township beats Illinois on 10 and trails on 1. Also worth knowing: the share of adults in Brown Township who binge drink is 20%, against 18% in Illinois’ towns and 16% across U.S. towns.
| Brown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Brown Township’s workers commute out
Brown Township’s typical household income stands at $91,000. Only 8% of working residents stay in Brown Township for work; the rest commute out. The share of residents in Brown Township who live below the poverty line is 2.1%, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 16 miles.
| Brown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Brown Township, with inland flooding at the top
Brown Township has had 9 paid flood insurance claims since 1994. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 52% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to drought.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Brown Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 85°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 0.1% of Brown Township
1.1 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mary Lammle Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Fisher Village Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Foosland Village Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Brown Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Brown Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Brown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Brown Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Brown Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,107 and it contained 886 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 735 ft
Brown Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Brown Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | A |
| East Bend Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bellflower Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drummer Township | #631 | C− | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Fisher | — | — | B | — | B− | A |
Brown Township and Fisher have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brown Township, Drummer Township and Fisher report no FBI crime data of their own. East Bend Township and Bellflower Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brown Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Brown Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brown Township, IL a good place to live?
89% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Brown 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.