Felix TownshipIL
A town of 4,531. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Felix Township a good place to live?
Felix Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $217K, 2.4 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 262nd of 767 in Illinois. On the plus side, its schools outperform 93% of the state's. 27% of residents are 65 or older in Felix Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 18%.
What makes Felix Township stand out
Where Felix Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Felix Township for work
Where Felix Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Felix Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Felix Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Felix Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Felix 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 Felix Township.
Felix Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond.
Felix Township’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $217K.
Its public schools are run by Coal City CUSD 1. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal City Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–3 | Grades 2–3 | 302 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Felix Township
Felix Township has 341 jobs for its 2,161 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Felix Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Felix Township has lost 66 jobs, to 341 in 2023. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Coal City (9%) and Joliet (8%).
| Felix Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Felix Township
Felix Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Felix Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Felix Township are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,590 U.S. towns with household incomes like Felix Township’s, it is healthier than 79%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Felix Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of adults binge drink in Felix Township.
| Felix Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Felix Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.4% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Felix Township has set aside 0.2% of its land for conservation
0.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Felix Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Felix Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coal City Elementary Park | 0.1 mi | 8 |
| 2. Carbon Hill Park | — | 8 |
| 3. North Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mazon Creek and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Felix Township. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
37 mi State parkStarved Rock State Park
10 mi National forestMidewin National Tallgrass Prairie
37 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
33 mi LandmarkSite A / Plot M Disposal SitePhoto credits
SeatGeek Stadium: Khvmty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Site A / Plot M Disposal Site: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Felix Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Felix Township
About 2 of every 100 Felix Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Felix Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Felix Township is one of seventeen townships in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,438 and it contained 1,923 housing units.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
- Elevation
- 545 ft
Felix Township’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Felix Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Township | #262 | A− | B+ | — | A | B |
| Goose Lake Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Wilmington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goose Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Felix Township and Goose Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wilmington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Felix Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Felix Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Felix Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Felix Township grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #262 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and A for schools.
Is Felix Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.