Green Garden TownshipIL
A town of 3,851, settled in 1851. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Green Garden Township a good place to live?
Green Garden Township grades B+ overall, 328th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 88% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $134K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 70% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $506K for a typical one and 5.6 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Green Garden Township’s income of the median household is $134,000, above both Illinois’ towns ($83,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). On civic life, just 94 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Jackson Creek Preserve, at 375 acres.
What makes Green Garden Township stand out
Where Green Garden Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Green Garden Township for work
Where Green Garden Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Green Garden Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Green Garden Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Green Garden Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Green Garden 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 Green Garden Township.
Green Garden Township sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm.
Green Garden Township’s grade for schools is an A
Its one school is below. Green Garden Township’s only public school teaches 147 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peotone Intermediate CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 147 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
For most of its workers, the job is outside Green Garden Township
Green Garden Township has 457 jobs for its 1,986 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 328 in 2013 to 457.
Most people who work leave Green Garden Township to do it: just 5% work in town. Its mean commuting time comes in at 33 minutes. Employers in Green Garden Township added 129 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 457. In Green Garden Township, 3% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Green Garden Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conservation land takes up 0.7% of Green Garden Township
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 12 miles of trail. The trail network density for Green Garden Township comes to 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Green Garden Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jackson Creek Preserve | — | 375 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Green Garden Township’s grade for health is a B+
Against the 4,157 U.S. towns with household incomes like Green Garden Township’s, it is less healthy than 77%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Green Garden Township, 20% have been diagnosed with depression. The town beats the Illinois average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Green Garden Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Green Garden Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Green Garden Township stands out in Illinois and nationally, with fewer of its residents who are under 18
The median household earns $133,977, against $83,390 across Illinois, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois. Green Garden Township’s midpoint age is 48.6 years. On top of that, for residents locally, the share who are 65 or older is 21%.
| Green Garden Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 14% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 48.6 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 48.8, men 48.0.
| Green Garden Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 21.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.2% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
In Green Garden Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 16°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a high hazard risk in Green Garden Township: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Green Garden Township, 69% come from inland flooding and 14% from cold waves. One declared disaster, in 1999, has brought federal aid to Green Garden Township households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Soldier Field and 134 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Garden Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw28 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw33 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier 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 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
_-_Chicago,_IL_-_June_2026.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Everything we know about Green Garden Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Green Garden Township
About 14 of every 100 Green Garden Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Green Garden Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Green Garden Township is located in Will County, Illinois, between the villages of Manhattan and Monee and straight south of Frankfort. The center of the township is the intersection of Manhattan-Monee and Center roads. From the center, the township extends three miles (5 km) in each direction; north, west, south, and east, for a total of 36 square miles (93 km2).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 246 ft
Green Garden Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Green Garden Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Garden Township | #328 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Frankfort | #65 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Manhattan Township | #124 | A | C | — | A | A− |
| Peotone Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frankfort Township | #94 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Monee Township | #636 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
Green Garden Township, Manhattan Township, Frankfort Township and Monee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Peotone Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Green Garden Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Green Garden Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Green Garden Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Green Garden Township grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #328 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Green Garden Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.