Cincinnati TownshipIL
A town of 8,825, settled in 1849.
Is Cincinnati Township a good place to live?
Cincinnati Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 517th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $84K. A typical home there costs about $179K, 2.5 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. 19% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cincinnati Township, against 29% in Illinois’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
94% of working residents leave Cincinnati Township for work
Where Cincinnati Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cincinnati Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Cincinnati Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cincinnati Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Township.
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Cincinnati Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Cincinnati Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Cincinnati Township fell to 2,105 in 2023, 517 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Cincinnati Township is 24 minutes.
| Cincinnati Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cincinnati Township’s schools rank ahead of 58% of Illinois districts
Its B is the best School Grade on its borders; Spring Lake Township (B−) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Pekin PSD 108 school district. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 600 | C+ |
| Faith Baptist Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 95 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Cincinnati Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cincinnati Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cincinnati Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Cincinnati Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Cincinnati Township is less healthy than 59% of U.S. towns
Cincinnati Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 16% of Cincinnati Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Cincinnati Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cincinnati Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.1% | 9.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.6% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 7.6% of Cincinnati Township
0.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 1,349 |
| 2. Kiwanis Park South | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dickson Mounds and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cincinnati Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
39 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
16 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park14 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo35 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
15 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Cincinnati Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Cincinnati Township
About 4 of every 100 Cincinnati Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Cincinnati Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Cincinnati Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,506 and it contained 3,436 housing units. The township is based in the Village of South Pekin, Illinois.
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- Established
- 1849
- Area
- 30 sq mi
Cincinnati Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Cincinnati Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Township | #517 | C+ | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Hollis Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B+ |
| Elm Grove Township | #311 | B+ | B | — | B− | B |
| Spring Lake Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Sand Prairie Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Pekin · Pekin Township | #597 | C | A− | C− | C | C+ |
Hollis Township, Spring Lake Township and Sand Prairie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cincinnati Township, Hollis Township, Elm Grove Township, Spring Lake Township and Sand Prairie Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pekin Township and Pekin are one community, graded once. Compare Cincinnati Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cincinnati Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cincinnati Township, IL a good place to live?
Cincinnati Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #517 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
Is Cincinnati 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−.