Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Camargo Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $198K for a typical one, or 2.6 years of the county’s $77K median household income. It grades B overall, 425th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Richmond Park, at 49 acres. Camargo Township’s median rent is $850 a month, below both Illinois’ towns ($1,129 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Where Camargo Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Camargo 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 Camargo Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 90% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 5%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 339 in 1880, 452 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 3 maps from 1956 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Camargo 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 Camargo Township.
Camargo Township has home values climbing faster than Illinois’s, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and is a long drive from an emergency room.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $1,156 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 100 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Camargo Township. Among 768 Illinois towns, just 8 have a higher FEMA risk score than Camargo Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Villa Grove CUSD 302. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Grove Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 310 | C+ |
| Villa Grove High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 194 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 526 in 2013 to 880.
Most working residents leave Camargo Township for work: only 12% work in town. Since 2013, Camargo Township has added 354 jobs, to 880 in 2023. The average trip to work in Camargo Township is 29 minutes.
| Camargo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Home values rose 45% in five years, to about $198K, against 30% across Illinois. The median property tax bill is $2,626, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 9.5% in the year to September 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Camargo Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The nearest emergency room, Carle Foundation Hospital, is 20.2 miles away in a straight line.
Camargo Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of Camargo Township adults binge drink.
| Camargo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Camargo Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Camargo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richmond Park | — | 49 |
| 2. Henson Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Camargo Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
20 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
28 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
26 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
20 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
32 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace MuseumGies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Camargo Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Camargo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Camargo is a village in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 452 at the 2020 census. Camargo is at the intersection of Illinois Route 130 and U.S. Route 36. Camargo is the oldest township in Douglas County.
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4 towns share a border with Camargo Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camargo Township | #425 | B | A | — | C+ | B |
| Bowdre Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuscola Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Murdock Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Crittenden Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Camargo Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Bowdre Township, Tuscola Township, Murdock Township and Crittenden Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Camargo Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Camargo Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #425 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
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 A.
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