Elm Grove TownshipIL
A town of 2,938.
Is Elm Grove Township a good place to live?
Elm Grove Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 311th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $104K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 61% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $233K, 3.2 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Tante Park, at 42 acres. Elm Grove Township’s median household income is $104,000, above both Illinois’ towns ($83,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Elm Grove Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 69% of U.S. towns.
How Elm Grove Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Elm Grove Township is from typical.
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Moving to Elm Grove Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elm Grove 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 Elm Grove Township.
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Elm Grove Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Elm Grove Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Elm Grove Township’s public schools trail 54% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Tremont CUSD 702. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremont Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 291 | A |
| Tremont High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 288 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Elm Grove Township
Elm Grove Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Elm Grove Township has 1.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,837 commuters
Most working residents leave Elm Grove Township for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Elm Grove Township fell to 1,936 in 2023, 338 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Peoria (20%), Pekin (14%) and Morton (10%).
| Elm Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Elm Grove Township earns a B for health
Against the 7,986 U.S. towns with household incomes like Elm Grove Township’s, it is less healthy than 62%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Elm Grove Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Elm Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Elm Grove Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.1% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cullinan Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 2. Tante Park | — | 42 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dickson Mounds and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elm Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
18 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park13 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo29 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
13 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
13 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Elm Grove Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Elm Grove Township
About 3 of every 100 Elm Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Elm Grove Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Elm Grove Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,093 and it contained 1,253 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Elm Grove Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Elm Grove Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove Township | #311 | B+ | B | — | B− | B |
| Cincinnati Township | #517 | C+ | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Tremont Township | #114 | A | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Groveland Township | #416 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Dillon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pekin | #597 | C | A− | C− | C | C+ |
Elm Grove Township, Cincinnati Township, Tremont Township and Groveland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dillon Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Elm Grove Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Elm Grove Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elm Grove Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Elm Grove Township grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #311 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B− for schools.
Is Elm Grove 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 B.