Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Delavan’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life and an A+ for history; its weakest is a C for schools. 28% of residents are under 18 in Delavan, where Illinois’ towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. On history, just 35 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Lake Park, at 24 acres. Delavan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Delavan beats most towns.
Delavan Commercial Historic DistrictWhere Delavan’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Delavan is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,340 in 1880, 1,568 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and a map from 1942 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delavan, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Delavan.
The typical Delavan home is worth about $131,000, up 1.5% in a year, 56% below the Illinois typical home. Delavan’s median rent is $876 a month, below both Illinois’ towns ($1,129 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Delavan | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $876 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Delavan for work: only 3% work in town. Delavan’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Pekin (11%), Peoria (11%) and Morton (9%).
| Delavan | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Delavan has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Delavan | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Park | — | 24 |
| 2. 5th Street Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Delavan beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 37% of adults have high blood pressure in Delavan.
| Delavan | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Delavan | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.5% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Delavan; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Delavan residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
3 places in Delavan on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Delavan.
City in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States
Delavan is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Delavan had a population of 1,568. It is a part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
3 notable people were born here, including Johnny McDowell and Julia Thecla.
