Clintonia TownshipIL
A town of 7,123. 2.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Clintonia Township a good place to live?
Clintonia Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $104K for a typical one, or 1.4 years of the county’s $72K median household income. It grades B overall, 445th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. 31% of working residents work locally in Clintonia Township, above both Illinois’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). Only 30 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score higher on civic life.
What makes Clintonia Township stand out
Where Clintonia Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
How Clintonia Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Clintonia Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clintonia Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clintonia 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 Clintonia Township.
Clintonia Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois.
On state tests, Clintonia Township’s schools trail 72% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Clinton CUSD 15. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Clinton High School, with 514 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 506 | A− |
| Clinton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 514 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Clintonia Township
Clintonia Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Clintonia Township’s working residents commute to Clinton
The average commute for its 2,634 working residents takes 19.3 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
About one in 3 of Clintonia Township’s working residents works in town. Clintonia Township’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Clintonia Township has lost 156 jobs, to 2,751 in 2023.
| Clintonia Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clintonia Township is less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,952 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clintonia Township’s, it is healthier than 56%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Clintonia Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 16% of Clintonia Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Clintonia Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Clintonia Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 10.3% |
| More smokers | 15.9% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Clintonia Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clintonia Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kiwanis Park | 0.1 mi | 13 |
| 2. C.H. Moore Homestead | — | 11 |
| 3. Woodward Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clintonia Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clintonia Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Clintonia Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Clintonia Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Clintonia Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,315 and it contained 3,543 housing units. Clintonia Township changed its name from Clinton Township June 7, 1859.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 728 ft
Clintonia Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clintonia Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clintonia Township | #445 | B | A | — | C | C+ |
| Wapella Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B− |
| Barnett Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harp Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Texas Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clintonia Township and Texas Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wapella Township, Barnett Township and Harp Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clintonia Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clintonia Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clintonia Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Clintonia Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #445 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and C for schools.
Is Clintonia 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.