Girard TownshipIL
A town of 2,100, settled in 1853. 2.5 times the library visits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Girard Township a good place to live?
Girard Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a C for health. Girard Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Girard Township stand out
Where Girard Township beats most towns.
Library visits per resident
Girard Township has shrunk 15% since 2010
2,466 counted in 2010 and 2,141 in 2020; an estimated 2,100 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Girard Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Girard Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Girard Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Girard 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 Girard Township.
Girard Township’s public schools trail 67% of Illinois districts
The public schools here belong to North Mac CUSD 34. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Girard Township, with 452 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mac Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 228 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
More of Girard Township’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Half of commuters travel less than 25 miles. Girard Township’s typical household income stands at $52,000. Jobs here fell by 79 from 2013 to 2023, to 487. Commuting out is the norm in the town: nearly a tenth of working residents work locally.
| Girard Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 27% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Girard Township are less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Nearly a quarter of adults say their health is fair or poor in Girard Township. Against the Illinois average, Girard Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 12. Among adults here, 40% have high blood pressure and 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Girard Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Girard Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.1% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Girard Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The July high for Girard Township comes to 86°F, above the Illinois town median (84°F) and near the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Girard Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Federal aid has come to Girard Township households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2006. On expected storm and flood damage, Girard Township sits above 53% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 37% come from inland flooding and 21% from earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 0.8% of Girard Township
2.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density for Girard Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile, close to Illinois’ towns (0.3) and below U.S. towns (0.4). One park or preserve covers 5 acres here.
| Girard Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. West Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Girard Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Girard Township
About 4 of every 100 Girard Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
91% of working residents leave Girard Township for work
Where Girard Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Girard Township
City in Illinois, United States
Girard is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,785 at the 2020 census, down from 2,103 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 669 ft
- ZIP code
- 62640
- Area code
- 217
Girard Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Girard Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard Township | — | — | A | — | C | C |
| Nilwood Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virden Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Girard | — | — | A | — | C | C− |
| North Otter Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Girard Township and Girard have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Girard Township and Girard report no FBI crime data of their own. Nilwood Township, Virden Township and North Otter Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Girard Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Girard Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Girard Township, IL a good place to live?
2.5 times the library visits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Girard 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.