Du Page TownshipIL
A city of 88,043, settled in 1833.
Is Du Page Township a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Du Page Township grades B overall, 388th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It has 34 miles of trail. The median household earns $105K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $296K, 3.3 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Only 71 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Du Page Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Illinois’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Du Page Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns.
What makes Du Page Township stand out
Where Du Page Township beats most towns.
34 miles of trails in Du Page Township
9.9% of the town is conserved land, across 75 parks and preserves.
How Du Page Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Du Page Township is from typical.
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Soldier Field and 152 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Du Page Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw27 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw28 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Du Page Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Du Page 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 Du Page Township.
Du Page Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Conserved land covers 9.9% of Du Page Township
That puts Du Page Township against 3.6% in Illinois’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Whalon Lake Park, at 354 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Knock Knolls Park | 7.5 mi | 206 |
| 2. Village Park | 3.2 mi | 66 |
| 3. O'Hara Woods Nature Preserve | 1.7 mi | 136 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Du Page Township’s schools rank ahead of 59% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Valley View CUSD 365U. Three of its 23 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 850 | B+ |
| Bolingbrook High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,298 | B |
| River Woods Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 481 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Du Page Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $391 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Du Page Township’s FEMA risk score is 18 of 100. Since 1979, 87 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Du Page Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Du Page Township is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,852 U.S. towns with household incomes like Du Page Township’s, it is healthier than 52%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Du Page Township beats the Illinois average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 18% of Du Page Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Du Page Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Du Page Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Du Page Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Du Page Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.3 jobs for every working resident, Du Page Township draws in 49,768 commuters
Most working residents leave Du Page Township for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Du Page Township grew to 55,670 in 2023, 10,412 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Du Page Township is 30 minutes.
| Du Page Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Illinois’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Du Page Township.
| Du Page Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51.3% women, 48.7% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.7, men 37.1.
| Du Page Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.8% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.4% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.5% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Du Page Township
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Du Page Township
About 6 of every 100 Du Page Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Du Page Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Du Page Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Page Township | #388 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Wheatland Township | #119 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Lisle Township | #71 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Lockport Township | #412 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Bolingbrook | #395 | B | D | B | B+ | B |
Du Page Township, Wheatland Township, Lisle Township and Lockport Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Du Page Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Du Page Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Du Page Township, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Du Page Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #388 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Du Page Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.