Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town of 26,220 people was settled in 1835.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its best grade is for incomes (A+): the median household earns $142K. At A overall, Geneva Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns and ranks 68th of 767 in Illinois. Health is a strength too (A): it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $433K, 4.8 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. This Illinois town is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 125 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.
Where Geneva Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 997 in 1860, 21,393 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 6 maps from 1932 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Geneva Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 10%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Geneva Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaSoldier 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 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Geneva 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 Geneva Township.
Geneva Township gets more snow than almost anywhere else in Illinois, draws workers from Aurora and beyond and is one of Illinois’s best towns for the outdoors.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #6 of 768 in Illinois.
Geneva Township’s density of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile. Trails total 28 miles in 46 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Mill Creek Forest Preserve, at 234 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peck Farm Park | 3.6 mi | 208 |
| 2. Fabyan Forest Preserve | 1.8 mi | 209 |
| 3. Burgess Field | 1.1 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $433K.
Three of the 10 schools are below, and why each made the list. The public schools here belong to Geneva CUSD 304. 4 public schools serve Geneva Township, with 1,484 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva Middle Sch NorthLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 623 | A− |
| Geneva Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,635 | A+ |
| Williamsburg Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 439 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 7.6% of its 22,722 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
5.5% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Geneva Township. Of 32 CDC measures, Geneva Township beats the Illinois average on 20 and trails it on 1. In Geneva Township, 14% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 8.5% smoke cigarettes.
| Geneva Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Geneva Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
25,820 jobs are based in Geneva Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 19,377 in 2013 to 25,820.
The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Geneva (12%) and St. Charles (7%). For most workers, Geneva Township is a place to come home to: only 15% work in town. Jobs in Geneva Township grew by 6,443 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 25,820. The share of workers in Geneva Township who work from home: 27%.
| Geneva Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $142,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with just over three quarters of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Geneva Township is lower. Since 1996, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out here. FEMA puts 53% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 22% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The St. Charles 0.1 E weather station records that 46 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, the highest of 2,880 Illinois places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 84° and January nights drop to 15°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
10 within 15 miles of the center of Geneva Township
About 5 of every 100 Geneva Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
13.7% of the town is conserved land, across 46 parks and preserves.
City in Illinois, United States
Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the far western side of the Chicago suburbs. Per the 2020 census, the population was 21,393. Geneva is part of a tri-city area, located between St. Charles and Batavia. The area experienced rapid population growth from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s as the Chicago suburbs spread to the west. Geneva is located along the Fox River. Portions of the Fox River Trail and the Illinois Prairie Path pass through Geneva. The Fabyan Windmill, a Dutch windmill dating from the 1850s, is located here.
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7 towns share a border with Geneva Township.
At #68 in IL, it grades higher overall than all 6 graded towns on its borders; Batavia (A) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva Township | #68 | A | D | — | A | A |
| St. Charles Township | #146 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Geneva | #47 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| St. Charles | #153 | A | D | B | A | A |
| Batavia Township | #213 | A− | C− | — | B | A |
| Blackberry Township | #259 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Batavia | #97 | A | C− | B+ | A− | A |
| West Chicago | #378 | B | D | B+ | A− | B+ |
Geneva Township, St. Charles Township, Batavia Township and Blackberry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Geneva Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Geneva Township grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #68 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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