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A city of 60,704, settled in 1879. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Frankfort Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 94th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 94% of Illinois towns, the median household earns $135K, and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 87% of the country. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $390K, 4.3 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Frankfort Township’s median household income is $135,000, above both Illinois’ towns ($83,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The biggest place to walk is Hickory Creek Preserve, 1,246 acres with 11.1 miles of trail. Frankfort Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Frankfort Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Frankfort Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 332 in 1880, a low of 250 in 1900, 20,296 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 8 maps from 1890 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frankfort Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw23 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw28 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frankfort 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 Frankfort Township.
Frankfort Township has schools in the top 5% of Illinois, trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of Illinois.
Its A ranks #29 of the 768 Illinois towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $390K.
Three of its 19 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Creek Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 943 | A+ |
| Lincoln-Way East High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,696 | A |
| Chelsea Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 893 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
| Frankfort Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hickory Creek Preserve | 11.1 mi | 1,246 |
| 2. Hecht Park | 0.7 mi | 28 |
| 3. Arbor Park | 0.5 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 22,876 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 4,062 U.S. towns with household incomes like Frankfort Township’s, it is healthier than 58%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
20% of adults binge drink in Frankfort Township. Frankfort Township beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Frankfort Township.
| Frankfort Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Frankfort Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Frankfort Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Frankfort Township has about as many jobs (30,776) as working residents, but only 4,464 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Frankfort Township for work: only 15% work in town. The average trip to work in Frankfort Township is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Frankfort Township grew to 30,776 in 2023, 5,718 more than in 2013.
| Frankfort Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median household earns $134,769, against $83,390 across Illinois, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 45% of Frankfort Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Frankfort Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.2 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 44.7, men 42.2.
| Frankfort Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.1% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.7% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.6% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 41 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frankfort Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Frankfort Township
About 6 of every 100 Frankfort Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Frankfort is a village in Will County and Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a suburb of Chicago, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of the city. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,296. Frankfort's historic downtown area contains the Frankfort Grainery, Breidert Green, and part of the Old Plank Road Trail, a 22-mile-long paved recreation trail. The village also contains Commissioners Park and multiple schools, including Lincoln-Way East High School, Hickory Creek Middle School, and Dr. Julian Rogus School.
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8 towns share a border with Frankfort Township.
It grades higher overall than all 7 graded towns on its borders; New Lenox Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort Township | #94 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Orland Township | #163 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Rich Township | #601 | C | C | — | C− | B |
| New Lenox Township | #149 | A | C | — | A− | A− |
| Frankfort | #65 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Orland Park | #168 | A | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Matteson | #620 | C | C− | — | C− | B |
| Green Garden Township | #328 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B+ |
Frankfort Township, Orland Township, Rich Township, New Lenox Township, Matteson and Green Garden Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frankfort Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Frankfort Township grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #94 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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