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19% of working residents work locally in Elgin Township, against 8.3% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Burnidge Forest Preserve, 323 acres with 8.2 miles of trail. We don’t grade Elgin Township yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Elgin Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,797 in 1860, 114,797 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 6 maps from 1925 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elgin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw37 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elgin 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Elgin Township.
Elgin Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its public schools are run by SD U-46. Three of its 38 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 873 | A |
| South Elgin High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,665 | B+ |
| Prairie Knolls Middle SchTop results in townGrades 6–7 | Grades 6–7 | 770 | A |
NCES · EDFacts
At 28 minutes, Elgin Township’s average trip to work is near the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and above the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Elgin (21%), Chicago (9%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Elgin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Elgin Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults have high blood pressure in Elgin Township.
| Elgin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Elgin Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.6% | 6.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.1% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
25 miles of trail in 65 parks and preserves. Elgin Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Elgin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Burnidge Forest Preserve | 8.2 mi | 323 |
| 2. Otter Creek Forest Preserve | 1.3 mi | 122 |
| 3. Tyler Creek Forest Preserve | 1.2 mi | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 140 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Elgin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Elgin Township
About 6 of every 100 Elgin Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Elgin ( EL-jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago along the Fox River. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 114,797, making it the sixth-most populous city in the state.
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7 towns share a border with Elgin Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Charles Township | #146 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Plato Township | #60 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
| Elgin | #526 | C+ | C | B− | C+ | B |
| Dundee Township | #270 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| South Elgin | #295 | B+ | C− | B+ | B | A− |
| Hanover Township | #444 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Rutland Township | #352 | B+ | D | — | A− | A |
St. Charles Township, Plato Township, Dundee Township, Hanover Township and Rutland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Elgin Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Elgin Township with a neighbor →
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