Central TownshipIL
A town of 8,368. 62% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Central Township a good place to live?
Central Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $142K for a typical one, or 1.8 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 324th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 84% of U.S. towns. 31% of working residents work locally in Central Township, above both the Illinois town median (8.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). On civic life, just 41 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Patriot's Park, at 101 acres.
What makes Central Township stand out
Where Central Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
How Central Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Central Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Central Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Central 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 Central Township.
Central Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois.
Central Township’s public schools outperform 62% of Illinois districts
The largest public high school is Bond Cty Comm Unit 2 High School, with 484 students. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 4 public schools serve Central Township, with 1,357 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 514 | B− |
| Bond Cty Comm Unit 2 High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 484 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Central Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
For Central Township, the midsummer high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Central Township’s working residents commute to Greenville
The average commute for its 2,630 working residents takes 21.2 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Central Township’s average trip to work comes in at 21 minutes. About one worker in three stays in Central Township for work. Since 2013, Central Township has lost 267 jobs, to 3,555 in 2023. The top destinations are Greenville (30%), Springfield (4%) and Highland (4%).
| Central Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Central Township is less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,049 U.S. towns with household incomes like Central Township’s, it is healthier than 58%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Central Township who feel lonely: 35%. Central Township: 19% of adults binge drink.
| Central Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Central Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.6% | 12.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6.3% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.1% | 15.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 1.1% of Central Township
Across 7 parks and preserves: 2.6 miles of trail. In Central Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Central Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patriot's Park | 0.2 mi | 101 |
| 2. Jaycee Park | — | 7 |
| 3. William S. Wait Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Central Township is earthquakes, at a moderate overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Central Township, 31% come from earthquakes and 24% from inland flooding. The town has had 5 paid flood insurance claims since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Central Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Central Township
About 13 of every 100 Central Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Central Township
Township in Illinois, US
Central Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.968 and it contained 2,788 housing units.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 568 ft
Central Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Central Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Township | #324 | B+ | A− | — | B | C+ |
| Old Ripley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lagrange Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C |
| Pleasant Mound Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mills Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lagrange Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Central Township and Lagrange Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Old Ripley Township, Pleasant Mound Township and Mills Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Central Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Central Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Central Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Central Township grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #324 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
Is Central Township, IL expensive?
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−.