Goode TownshipIL
A town of 2,606.
Is Goode Township a good place to live?
Goode Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $91K for a typical one, or 1.6 years of the county’s $57K median household income. It grades C overall, 610th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $59K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 71% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Goode Township, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Goode Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns.
89% of working residents leave Goode Township for work
Where Goode Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Goode Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Goode Township is from typical.
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Moving to Goode Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Goode 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 Goode Township.
Goode Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Goode Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Goode Township for work: only 11% work in town. The average trip to work in Goode Township is 33 minutes. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (22%), Marion (7%) and Benton (6%).
| Goode Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.4% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Goode Township fall behind 54% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Sesser-Valier CUSD 196. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sesser-Valier Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 252 | B− |
| Sesser-Valier High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 175 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Goode Township is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,759 U.S. towns with household incomes like Goode Township’s, it is less healthy than 52%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Goode Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 16% of Goode Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Goode Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Goode Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.7% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Goode Township, with earthquakes at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Goode Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Goode Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Goode Township’s July high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Goode Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 17,984 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Goode Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Miners Park | 0.2 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Goode Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Goode Township
About 6 of every 100 Goode Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Goode Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Goode Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,652 and it contained 1,284 housing units.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 433 ft
Goode Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Goode Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goode Township | #610 | C | A | — | B− | C |
| Tyrone Township | #635 | C− | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Barren Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sesser | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Bald Hill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sesser has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Goode Township, Tyrone Township and Sesser report no FBI crime data of their own. Barren Township and Bald Hill Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Goode Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Goode Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Goode Township, IL a good place to live?
Goode Township grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #610 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Goode 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.