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24% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Cerro Gordo Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 28% of residents are under 18 in Cerro Gordo Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 13 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Cerro Gordo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Cerro Gordo Township beats most towns.
Where Cerro Gordo 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 Cerro Gordo Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 565 in 1880, 1,316 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2019 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cerro Gordo 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 Cerro Gordo Township.
Jobs based in Cerro Gordo Township grew to 234 in 2023, 72 more than in 2013. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For Cerro Gordo Township, the average trip to work is 23 minutes. Half commute less than 20 miles.
| Cerro Gordo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its two schools are below. The 2 public schools in Cerro Gordo Township teach 474 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 246 | B+ |
| Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High SchLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 228 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
A winter brings about 7 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
19% of adults binge drink in Cerro Gordo Township. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. In Cerro Gordo Township, just over one in ten adults worry about having enough food, and 23% get no exercise outside work.
| Cerro Gordo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Cerro Gordo Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A third of Cerro Gordo Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 24%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over half of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cerro Gordo Township once, in 1999.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cerro Gordo Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
30 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
10 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
15 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum12 mi Zoo & aquariumScovill Zoo
30 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing ArtsGies 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cerro Gordo Township
About 3 of every 100 Cerro Gordo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Cerro Gordo, nicknamed Fat Hill, is a town in Piatt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,316 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Cerro Gordo Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo Township | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| Oakley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unity Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Willow Branch Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bement Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long Creek Township | #399 | B | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Dora Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerro Gordo Township and Unity Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cerro Gordo Township, Unity Township and Long Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Oakley Township, Willow Branch Township, Bement Township and Dora Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cerro Gordo Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
24% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
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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