Dale TownshipIL
A town of 1,232.
Is Dale Township a good place to live?
Dale Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and health; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 42 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability. Dale Township's public schools beat 68% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On incomes, just 105 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Only 75 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Dale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,232 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Dale Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Dale Township is from typical.
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Moving to Dale Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dale 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 Dale Township.
Dale Township ranks healthier than 86% of the country’s towns
Dale Township beats the Illinois average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of Dale Township adults get no exercise outside work, below both Illinois’ towns (23%) and U.S. towns (25%). 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Dale Township.
| Dale Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dale Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Dale Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Dale Township for work: only 1% work in town. Dale Township’s median household income is $133,000, where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 3% of Dale Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Dale Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Dale Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Dale Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Dale Township is conserved land
3.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Dale Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dale 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
Miller Park Zoo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dale Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
39 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
40 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park31 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
8 mi GardenFell ArboretumPhoto credits
Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Dale Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Dale Township
About 6 of every 100 Dale Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Dale Township for work
Where Dale Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Dale Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Dale Township is located in McLean County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,233 and it contained 521 housing units. It contains part of the census-designated place of Twin Grove and the entirety of Shirley.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
Questions about Dale Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dale 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 C+.