Fayetteville TownshipIL
A town of 1,459, settled in 1840. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Fayetteville Township a good place to live?
Fayetteville Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and history; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 88 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Wenneman Park, at 42 acres. Fayetteville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fayetteville Township stand out
Where Fayetteville Township beats most towns.
1,459 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Fayetteville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Fayetteville Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fayetteville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville Township.
On state tests, Fayetteville Township’s schools beat 78% of Illinois districts
The public schools here belong to St Libory Consolidated SD 30. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Fayetteville Township’s public school: 65 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Libory Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 65 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Fayetteville Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 9 claims in Fayetteville Township since 1993. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in nearly four fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 40% come from inland flooding and 33% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Fayetteville Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
For working residents in Fayetteville Township, the share who work locally is 3.3%. Since 2013, Fayetteville Township has added 127 jobs, to 257 in 2023. Also worth knowing: the average commute here is 30 minutes. Among residents locally, 6.7% live below the poverty line, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Fayetteville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Fayetteville Township is hotter than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
The seasons in Fayetteville Township: chilly winters, warm summers. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 23° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fayetteville Township ranks healthier than 57% of the country’s towns
Nearly a fifth of adults binge drink in Fayetteville Township. The town does better than the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 5. Among adults here, 37% have high blood pressure, against 35% in Illinois’ towns and 35% across U.S. towns.
| Fayetteville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Fayetteville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 15.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 4.5% of Fayetteville Township
1.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fayetteville Community Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 1,016 |
| 3. Wenneman Park | — | 42 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Fayetteville Township sell for about $410K
In Fayetteville Township, the going rate for rent is $828 a month. The share of households in Fayetteville Township who own their home: 92%.
| Fayetteville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $828 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fayetteville Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fayetteville Township
About 3 of every 100 Fayetteville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
97% of working residents leave Fayetteville Township for work
Where Fayetteville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Fayetteville Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Fayetteville, officially the Village of Fayetteville is a village on the Kaskaskia River. Because of that, the village is nicknamed the Gateway to the Kaskaskia. Fayetteville is named after Marquis de Lafayette, a french general who fought for the US in the revolutionary war. Fayetteville is in Fayettville Township, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fayetteville had a population of 302. And as of the 2026 estimate, Fayetteville has a population of 282.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
Questions about Fayetteville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fayetteville Township, IL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Fayetteville Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $202,000, 32% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.