Fondulac TownshipIL
A town of 12,154.
Is Fondulac Township a good place to live?
Fondulac Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 457th of 767 in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 70% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $163K, 2.3 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. Fondulac Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns. Fondulac Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest place to walk is Spring Creek Preserve, 332 acres with 5.5 miles of trail.
What makes Fondulac Township stand out
Where Fondulac Township beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 9,353 people come to Fondulac Township for work
Where Fondulac Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fondulac Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Fondulac Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Fondulac Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fondulac 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 Fondulac Township.
About one in three of Fondulac Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
9,979 jobs are based in Fondulac Township, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 21,365 in 2013 to 9,979.
Most working residents leave Fondulac Township for work: only 11% work in town. Jobs based in Fondulac Township fell to 9,979 in 2023, 11,386 fewer than in 2013. 6.8% of Fondulac Township workers work from home.
| Fondulac Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.8% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fondulac Township earns a C for schools
Its public schools are run by East Peoria SD 86. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 434 | C |
| East Peoria High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 823 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
| Fondulac Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spring Creek Preserve | 5.5 mi | 332 |
| 2. Fondulac Reservoir | 1.5 mi | 138 |
| 3. Cooper Park | 1 mi | 126 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Fondulac Township
Fondulac Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fondulac Township earns a B for health
Fondulac Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 36% of adults have high blood pressure in Fondulac Township.
| Fondulac Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Fondulac Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Fondulac Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 35 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fondulac Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dickson Mounds and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fondulac Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi MuseumDickson Mounds2 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
11 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park32 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
2 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
11 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HousePhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Fondulac Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Fondulac Township
About 5 of every 100 Fondulac Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Fondulac Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Fondulac Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,381 and it contained 6,099 housing units.
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- Area
- 21 sq mi
Fondulac Township’s neighbors
9 towns share a border with Fondulac Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fondulac Township | #457 | B− | B | — | C | B |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Groveland Township | #416 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Washington Township | #43 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
| Morton | #141 | A | C+ | B+ | A | A− |
| East Peoria | #575 | C | B | C− | C | B |
| Richwoods Township | #246 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
Fondulac Township, Peoria City Township, Groveland Township, Washington Township and Richwoods Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fondulac Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fondulac Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fondulac Township, IL a good place to live?
Fondulac Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #457 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and C for schools.
Is Fondulac 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.