Grant TownshipVermilion County, IL
A town of 5,364, settled in 1868.
Is Grant Township a good place to live?
Grant Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $85K, 1.5 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income. It grades C overall, 587th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $61K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. 23% of working residents work locally in Grant Township, above both the Illinois town median (8.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). The biggest park or preserve is McFerren Park, at 27 acres.
What makes Grant Township stand out
Where Grant Township beats most towns.
How Grant Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Grant Township is from typical.
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Moving to Grant Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grant 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 Grant Township.
Grant Township earns a C− for health
41% of Grant Township adults have high blood pressure. Grant Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 16% of Grant Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Grant Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Grant Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.7% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Grant Township fall behind 63% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Hoopeston Area CUSD 11. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hoopeston Area High School, with 307 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 277 | – |
| Hoopeston Area High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 307 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most of Grant Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 2,249 working residents takes 19.1 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
About one in 4 of Grant Township’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Grant Township is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Grant Township fell to 1,212 in 2023, 234 fewer than in 2013.
| Grant Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Grant Township
Grant Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More young adults than Illinois overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 27% of residents (23% statewide). 19% of residents are under 18 in Grant Township. Grant Township has lost 4.7% of its people since 2020, down to 5,364 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Grant Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.5 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Grant Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.6% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.2% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.4% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Moderate risk in Grant Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2002, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Grant Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grant Township has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
2.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McFerren Park | 0.2 mi | 27 |
| 2. Union Park | — | 4 |
| 3. North Side Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grant Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grant Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Grant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Grant Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,028 and it contained 2,817 housing units.
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- Area
- 87 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Grant Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Grant Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | #587 | C | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Ross Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C |
| Lovejoy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prairie Green Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ross Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Grant Township and Ross Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lovejoy Township and Prairie Green Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grant Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grant Township, IL a good place to live?
Grant Township grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #587 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Grant 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−.