DunlapIL
A town of 1,588, settled in 1871.
Is Dunlap a good place to live?
Dunlap’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health and schools. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dunlap, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 57 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on incomes. 14% of the land in Dunlap is conserved, against 3.7% in Illinois’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Leslie Rutherford Park, at 221 acres. Dunlap has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Dunlap stand out
Where Dunlap beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Dunlap | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 9.9% |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Dunlap has grown 14% since 2010
1,386 counted in 2010 and 1,603 in 2020; an estimated 1,588 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Dunlap grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Dunlap is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Dunlap: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dunlap, 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 Dunlap.
On CDC estimates, Dunlap is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns
Dunlap beats the Illinois average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of Dunlap adults report frequent physical distress.
| Dunlap | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Dunlap | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Dunlap are worth about $386K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Dunlap home is worth about $386,000, up 6.3% in a year, 30% above the Illinois typical home. 86% of households own their home in Dunlap.
| Dunlap | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $976 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Dunlap has four seasons and pleasant summers
Dunlap has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 14.4% of Dunlap
0.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Dunlap is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leslie Rutherford Park | 0.2 mi | 221 |
| 2. North Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Copperfield Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About two in five of Dunlap’s working residents commute to Peoria
Most working residents leave Dunlap for work: only 7% work in town. Dunlap’s median household income is $142,000. Jobs based in Dunlap grew to 1,025 in 2023, 352 more than in 2013.
| Dunlap | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $142,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 20% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Dunlap, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wildlife Prairie Park and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dunlap. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park10 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
37 mi MuseumCarl Sandburg State Historic Site
10 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
17 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
17 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic SitePhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain
Everything we know about Dunlap
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Dunlap
About 7 of every 100 Dunlap residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Dunlap
Village in Illinois, United States
Dunlap is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dunlap had a population of 1,603. Dunlap is part of the Peoria metropolitan area and growth in the city of Peoria is extending towards the village. There are only a handful of businesses in the village's 16 blocks.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 699 ft
- ZIP code
- 61525
Questions about Dunlap
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dunlap, IL expensive?
That is 5.4 years of the area's median household income ($71,857 across the Peoria, IL metro area).