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Clear Lake Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $196K, 2.6 years of the Springfield metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B overall, 370th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. On the plus side, the median household earns $86K. Camp Butler National Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places. Clear Lake Township’s median age is 46.7 years, against 40.7 years in Illinois’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
Where Clear Lake Township beats most towns.
Where Clear Lake 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 Clear Lake Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 219 in 1960, 203 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clear Lake Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi LandmarkLincoln Tomb
6 mi National Historic SiteLincoln Home National Historic Site124K visitors a year6 mi National MonumentSpringfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
6 mi MuseumOld State Capitol State Historic Site
19 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
7 mi MuseumIllinois State MuseumLincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois State Museum: Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California, CC0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clear Lake 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 Clear Lake Township.
Clear Lake Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here fell from 4,301 in 2013 to 2,252.
Most working residents leave Clear Lake Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Clear Lake Township has lost 2,049 jobs, to 2,252 in 2023. 6.3% of Clear Lake Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Clear Lake Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Riverton CUSD 14. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Riverton High School, with 357 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 515 | C− |
| Riverton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 357 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 6.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
Clear Lake Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Clear Lake Township.
| Clear Lake Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clear Lake Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clear Lake Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clear Lake Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.4 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Field of Dreams Park | 0.1 mi | 19 |
| 2. Center Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent in Clear Lake Township is $975 a month.
| Clear Lake Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $975 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Clear Lake Township
About 4 of every 100 Clear Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Former village in Illinois, United States
Clear Lake is an unincorporated community and former incorporated village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clear Lake had a population of 203. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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5 towns share a border with Clear Lake Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake Township | #370 | B | B+ | — | C | B+ |
| Capital Township | #580 | C | B | — | C− | B− |
| Springfield | #702 | D | B | D− | C− | C+ |
| Williams Township | #64 | A | B− | — | A | A− |
| Springfield Township | #609 | C | A | — | D− | C+ |
| Mechanicsburg Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B+ |
Mechanicsburg Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clear Lake Township, Capital Township, Williams Township, Springfield Township and Mechanicsburg Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clear Lake Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Clear Lake Township grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #370 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and C for schools.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $196,000, 34% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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