Douglas TownshipIL
2.8 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town. Home to 1,977 people, this town lies in Illinois.
Is Douglas Township a good place to live?
Douglas Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a C for health. 18% of working residents work locally in Douglas Township, against 8.3% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 110 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. Douglas Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Douglas Township stand out
Where Douglas Township beats most towns.
How Douglas Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Douglas Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Douglas Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Douglas 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 Douglas Township.
Health in Douglas Township trails 75% of U.S. towns
13% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Douglas Township. In Douglas Township, 23% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 14% have diabetes.
| Douglas Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Douglas Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.5% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 6.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Douglas Township’s schools rank ahead of 68% of Illinois districts
Its two schools are below. The 2 public schools in Douglas Township teach 443 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois West Elem School/GilmanLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–3 | Grades 1–3 | 159 | A+ |
| Iroquois West High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 284 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
The climate in Douglas Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 17°, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in six working residents works right in Douglas Township
The top destinations are Gilman (18%), Onarga (6%) and Onarga Township (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles. 5.9% of Douglas Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Douglas Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Douglas Township is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Flood insurance has paid out on 3 claims in Douglas Township since 2008. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.4% of Douglas Township is conserved land
2.7 miles of trail. In Douglas Township, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Douglas 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% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Douglas Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Douglas Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Douglas Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Douglas Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Douglas Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,049 and it contained 897 housing units. Douglas Township was formed from a portion of Onarga Township in May 1858.
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- Area
- 45 sq mi
- Elevation
- 653 ft
Douglas Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Douglas Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Danforth Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Onarga Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Iroquois Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Douglas Township and Onarga Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Douglas Township and Onarga Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Danforth Township and Iroquois Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Douglas Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Douglas Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Douglas Township, IL a good place to live?
2.8 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Douglas Township, IL expensive?
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.