Clinton TownshipIL
A town of 2,009.
Is Clinton Township a good place to live?
The best of Clinton Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a C for walkability. Clinton Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 46 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Clinton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clinton Township stand out
Where Clinton Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Clinton Township for work
Where Clinton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clinton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Clinton Township is from typical.
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Moving to Clinton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clinton 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 Clinton Township.
Clinton Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Clinton Township’s schools trail 53% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Indian Creek CUSD 425. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 213 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Clinton Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Clinton Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Clinton Township has lost 89 jobs, to 385 in 2023. 4.8% of Clinton Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Clinton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Clinton Township are healthier than 69% of U.S. towns
Clinton Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Clinton Township adults binge drink.
| Clinton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clinton Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Clinton Township
Clinton Township has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Clinton Township, the median age runs lower than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
The median age in Clinton Township is 29.8 years. Clinton Township has grown 11% since 2020, to 2,009 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of residents are under 18 in Clinton Township.
| Clinton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29.8 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Clinton Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.8% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.9% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lions Park | 0.4 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Starved Rock State Park and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clinton Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi State parkStarved Rock State Park
34 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum38 mi Park & preserveMazon Creek
36 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
12 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
39 mi Stadium & arenaBMO CenterPhoto credits
Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0
Everything we know about Clinton Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Clinton Township
About 5 of every 100 Clinton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Clinton Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Clinton Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,828 and it contained 749 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 810 ft
Clinton Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clinton Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B+ |
| Afton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shabbona Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Squaw Grove Township | #565 | C | C− | — | B | B |
| Paw Paw Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Clinton Township and Shabbona Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clinton Township, Shabbona Township and Squaw Grove Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Afton Township and Paw Paw Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clinton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clinton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clinton 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−.