Coe TownshipIL
A town of 1,759, settled in 1898. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Coe Township a good place to live?
Coe Township’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and incomes; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Only 100 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Coe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Coe Township stand out
Where Coe Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Coe Township for work
Where Coe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Coe Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Coe Township is from typical.
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Rock Island Arsenal and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coe Township. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Ancient siteRock Island Arsenal
19 mi MuseumBlack Hawk State Historic Site
18 mi MuseumFigge Art Museum77K visitors a year15 mi Zoo & aquariumNiabi Zoo
19 mi MuseumPutnam Museum
17 mi GardenVander Veer Botanical ParkPhoto credits
Rock Island Arsenal: Robert A, Ryan, J. Ceronia, and Bruce A. Harms, Photographers, Public domain · Black Hawk State Historic Site: Bill Whittaker (talk). Original uploader was Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Figge Art Museum: Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Putnam Museum: Ctjf83 of English Wikipedia (log), Public domain · Vander Veer Botanical Park: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Coe Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coe 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 Coe Township.
Coe Township’s schools rank ahead of 82% of Illinois districts
The largest public high school is Riverdale Sr High School, with 324 students. The public schools here belong to Riverdale CUSD 100. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 517 | B |
| Riverdale Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 324 | B+ |
| Riverdale Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 254 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Coe Township’s workers commute out
The share of residents in Coe Township who live below the poverty line is 2.7%, below both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). For most workers, Coe Township is a place to come home to: only 6% work in town. The town’s middle household income comes in at $128,000. The top destinations are Davenport (14%), Moline (9%) and East Moline (7%).
| Coe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Coe Township ranks healthier than 70% of the country’s towns
A fifth of adults binge drink in Coe Township. The town does better than the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 4. The share of adults in Coe Township who have been diagnosed with depression is 21%, against 22% in Illinois’ towns and 23% across U.S. towns. Two figures for adults locally: 20% get no exercise outside work, 31% feel lonely.
| Coe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Coe Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Coe Township has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Coe Township than in 71% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Coe Township break down as 48% from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Coe Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 32 inches of snow, with January nights at 14° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Illinois overall
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 40%, against 38% across Illinois. Children under 18 are 29% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Among residents in Coe Township, 15% are 65 or older.
| Coe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Coe Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.1% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Open space protected for good: 0.1% of Coe Township
0.1 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dorrance Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Coe Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Coe Township
About 3 of every 100 Coe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Coe Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Coe Township is located in Rock Island County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,657 and it contained 659 housing units. Coe Township originally was named Fremont Township, but changed its name to Penn Township on October 1, 1857. Then changed its name from Penn to Coe in January, 1858.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Coe Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Coe Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coe Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Port Byron Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Port Byron | — | — | B | — | A− | A− |
| Canoe Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zuma Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cordova Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erie Township | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| Hampton Township | #647 | C− | B | — | D | C+ |
Coe Township, Port Byron Township, Port Byron and Erie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Coe Township, Port Byron Township, Port Byron, Erie Township and Hampton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Canoe Creek Township, Zuma Township and Cordova Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Coe Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Coe Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coe Township, IL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Coe Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.