Garrett TownshipIL
A town of 1,328, settled in 1885.
Is Garrett Township a good place to live?
Garrett Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 32 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Garrett Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,328 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Garrett Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Garrett Township is from typical.
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Moving to Garrett Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Garrett 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 Garrett Township.
Very high risk in Garrett Township, with inland flooding at the top
Households in Garrett Township have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2008. Compared with 85% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. FEMA puts just over two fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 25% to hail. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 2008: 5.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Garrett Township has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles. Employers in Garrett Township shed 568 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 199. In Garrett Township, the mean commuting time is 20 minutes. 5% of residents live below the poverty line locally, below both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Garrett Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Garrett Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 7 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 86°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Garrett Township are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
14% of adults report frequent physical distress in Garrett Township, against 13% in Illinois’ towns and 14% across U.S. towns. The town does better than the Illinois average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 8. In Garrett Township, 18% of adults binge drink.
| Garrett Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Garrett Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.5% | 13.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 9.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.8% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gies Memorial Stadium and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Garrett Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
22 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
17 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
18 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
22 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
35 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace MuseumPhoto credits
Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Garrett Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Garrett Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Garrett Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Garrett Township has shrunk 10% since 2010
1,441 counted in 2010 and 1,292 in 2020; an estimated 1,328 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Garrett Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Garrett is a village in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 122 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 667 ft
Questions about Garrett Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Garrett 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 A−.