Coral TownshipIL
A town of 3,731, settled in 1837. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Coral Township a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Coral Township grades B overall, ranked 390th of 767 in Illinois. The median household earns $111K and its schools outperform 81% of the state's. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $393K for a typical one and 4.3 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Coral Township’s median rent is $1,671 a month, above both the Illinois town median ($1,128 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Pleasant Valley, at 678 acres.
What makes Coral Township stand out
Where Coral Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,348 people come to Coral Township for work
Where Coral Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Coral Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Coral Township is from typical.
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Moving to Coral Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coral Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Coral Township.
Coral Township draws workers from Belvidere and beyond, has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and pairs an A− for schools with high home prices.
Most working residents commute out of Coral Township
2,393 jobs are based in Coral Township, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Coral Township for work: only 3% work in town. Coral Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Coral Township grew to 2,393 in 2023, 369 more than in 2013.
| Coral Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For schools, Coral Township earns an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $393K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 21 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Coral Township is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 10.1% of its 8,669 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 7,016 U.S. towns with household incomes like Coral Township’s, it is healthier than 64%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Coral Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of Coral Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Coral Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Coral Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Coral Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Coral Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Coral Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coral Woods Conservation Area | 1.9 mi | 535 |
| 2. Pleasant Valley | — | 678 |
| 3. Verterans Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Coral Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Illinois Railway Museum and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coral Township. Close and well known come first.
in town MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
Big draw33 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
36 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
35 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
38 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
35 mi MuseumMorton ArboretumPhoto credits
Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Coral Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coral Township
About 3 of every 100 Coral Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Coral Township
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Coral is an Unincorporated community village and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was named a CDP before the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 16.
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Coral Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Coral Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Township | #390 | B | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Grafton Township | #260 | A− | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Seneca Township | #501 | B− | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Harmony | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Riley Township | #357 | B+ | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Huntley | #191 | A− | C− | A | A | A− |
| Hampshire · Hampshire Township | #268 | A− | D− | A | B+ | A− |
Coral Township, Grafton Township, Seneca Township and Riley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Harmony isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Hampshire Township and Hampshire are one community, graded once. Compare Coral Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Coral Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coral Township, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Coral Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #390 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Coral 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−.