Ganeer TownshipIL
A town of 3,161.
Is Ganeer Township a good place to live?
Ganeer Township grades D overall, 726th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, mostly because of incomes. The median household income is $65K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. One bright spot: much of its housing is old. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 90% of U.S. towns. Only 16 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. The biggest park or preserve is Kankakee Sands in Illinois, at 22 acres.
How Ganeer Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Ganeer Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (#69 of 768 in Illinois), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its D comes from the livability subjects above.
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Moving to Ganeer Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ganeer Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ganeer Township.
Ganeer Township trades workers with Momence and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and has little public open land.
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Ganeer Township is higher
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $1,326 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Ganeer Township’s FEMA risk score is 89 of 100, above both Illinois’ towns (50 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 1979, 59 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ganeer Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ganeer Township’s public schools trail 62% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Momence CUSD 1. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Momence High School, with 315 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 395 | A− |
| Momence High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 315 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Ganeer Township is less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns
Ganeer Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Ganeer Township, above both the Illinois town median (35%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 14% of adults have diabetes in Ganeer Township.
| Ganeer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ganeer Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.2% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 15.8% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Ganeer Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Ganeer Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, 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
About one in ten working residents works right in Ganeer Township
Ganeer Township has about as many jobs (1,437) as working residents, but only 150 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Ganeer Township for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Ganeer Township grew to 1,437 in 2023, 237 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Momence (13%), Kankakee (11%) and Chicago (8%).
| Ganeer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $65,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 0% of Ganeer Township
Just 10 of its 25,611 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Ganeer Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee Sands in Illinois | — | 22 |
| 2. Mskoda Land and Water Reserve | — | 22 |
| 3. St. Patrick's Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Ganeer Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ganeer Township
About 5 of every 100 Ganeer Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Ganeer Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Ganeer Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,148 and it contained 1,383 housing units.
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- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 614 ft
Ganeer Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Ganeer Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganeer Township | #726 | D | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| Aroma Township | #745 | D | B− | — | D− | C+ |
| Bourbonnais Township | #523 | C+ | C | — | B | B− |
| Momence Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Anne Township | — | — | B+ | — | — | B− |
| Sumner Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pembroke Township | — | — | A− | — | D | D |
St. Anne Township and Pembroke Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ganeer Township, Aroma Township, Bourbonnais Township, St. Anne Township and Pembroke Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Momence Township and Sumner Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ganeer Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Ganeer Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ganeer Township, IL a good place to live?
Ganeer Township grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #726 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ganeer 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 C+.