Drummer TownshipIL
A town of 3,914. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Drummer Township a good place to live?
Drummer Township grades C− overall, 631st among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 80% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On the other side, the median household income is $51K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. 33% of working residents work locally in Drummer Township, above both the Illinois town median (8.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%).
What makes Drummer Township stand out
Where Drummer Township beats most towns.
How Drummer Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Drummer Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history, which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C− comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Drummer Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Drummer 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 Drummer Township.
Drummer Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois.
Drummer Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its public schools are run by Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCMS Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 489 | B |
| GCMS High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 275 | B+ |
| GCMS Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 211 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Drummer Township is less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,303 U.S. towns with household incomes like Drummer Township’s, it is healthier than 58%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Drummer Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 16% of Drummer Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Drummer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Drummer Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.4% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Drummer Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Drummer Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Drummer Township’s working residents commute to Gibson City
The average commute for its 1,916 working residents takes 17.2 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
About one in 3 of Drummer Township’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Drummer Township is 17 minutes. Jobs based in Drummer Township grew to 2,568 in 2023, 492 more than in 2013.
| Drummer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moderate risk in Drummer Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Park | — | 4 |
| 2. West Park | — | 3 |
| 3. South Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Drummer Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Drummer Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Drummer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Drummer Township
Township in Illinois, US
Drummer Township is one of twelve townships in Ford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,046 and it contained 1,912 housing units.
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- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 745 ft
Drummer Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Drummer Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummer Township | #631 | C− | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Cheney's Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brown Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | A |
| Sullivant Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dix Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bellflower Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Brown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Drummer Township and Brown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cheney's Grove Township, Sullivant Township, Dix Township and Bellflower Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Drummer Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Drummer Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Drummer Township, IL a good place to live?
Drummer Township grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #631 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and A− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Drummer 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+.