Deer Creek TownshipIL
Today 1,392 people live in this town, first founded in 1830.
Is Deer Creek Township a good place to live?
Deer Creek Township’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and health; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 93 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability. Deer Creek Township’s typical household income is $108,000, above both Illinois’ towns ($83,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Deer Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Deer Creek Township stand out
Where Deer Creek Township beats most towns.
1,392 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Deer Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Deer Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Deer Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township.
Deer Creek Township is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Deer Creek Township, 33% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 32 in all: Deer Creek Township beats Illinois on 11 and trails on 1. In Deer Creek Township, a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work, and 15% say their health is fair or poor.
| Deer Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Deer Creek Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Deer Creek Township’s schools beat 70% of Illinois districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701. Enrollment at Deer Creek Township’s public school: 217 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dee-Mack Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 217 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most of Deer Creek Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
In Deer Creek Township, the mean commuting time is 24 minutes. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in Deer Creek Township grew by 60 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 347. The top destinations are Peoria (18%), Mackinaw (10%) and Morton (9%).
| Deer Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Deer Creek Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 22 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Illinois spread of ages in Deer Creek Township
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. Illinois has 38% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 32%. The share of residents in Deer Creek Township who are 65 or older: 16%.
| Deer Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Deer Creek Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.8% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
In Deer Creek Township, 0.1% of the land is conserved
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Deer Creek Township: one, of 16 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Deer Creek Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Households in Deer Creek Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2013. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Miller Park Zoo and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deer Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
23 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park15 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
6 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
13 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
13 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic SitePhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain
Everything we know about Deer Creek Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Deer Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Deer Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
94% of working residents leave Deer Creek Township for work
Where Deer Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Deer Creek Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Deer Creek is a village in Tazewell and Woodford counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 667 at the 2020 census. Deer Creek is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 758 ft
- ZIP code
- 61733
Questions about Deer Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Deer Creek 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.