Cruger TownshipIL
A town of 1,837, settled in 1856.
Is Cruger Township a good place to live?
The best of Cruger Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 104 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on incomes. The biggest park or preserve is Eureka Lake Park, at 26 acres. Cruger Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Cruger Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Cruger Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cruger Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cruger 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 Cruger Township.
Cruger Township is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
In the comparison, Cruger Township comes below both the Illinois town median (35%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). Cruger Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of Cruger Township adults binge drink.
| Cruger Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cruger Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cruger Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Cruger Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cruger Township stands out in Illinois and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
1.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Cruger Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The median household income in Cruger Township is $108,000. Jobs based in Cruger Township grew to 607 in 2023, 85 more than in 2013.
| Cruger Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.4% of Cruger Township is conserved land
1.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Cruger Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cruger Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Eureka Lake Park | 0.1 mi | 26 |
| 2. William Honeg Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Cruger Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Miller Park Zoo and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cruger Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park
7 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
8 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic Site
11 mi Theme parkSpider HillPhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Cruger Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cruger Township
About 1 of every 100 Cruger Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Cruger Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Cruger is an unincorporated community in Woodford County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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- Elevation
- 758 ft
Cruger Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Cruger Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruger Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Olio Township | #190 | A− | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Metamora Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eureka | #230 | A− | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Washington Township | #43 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
Cruger Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cruger Township, Olio Township, Eureka and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Metamora Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cruger Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cruger Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cruger Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.