Grover TownshipIL
A town of 3,515. 2.4 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Grover Township a good place to live?
Grover Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $98K for a typical one, or 1.8 years of the county’s $56K median household income. It grades B− overall, 481st of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Grover Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 2 of the 748 Illinois towns we compare have a lower median rent than Grover Township. The biggest park or preserve is Leo F French Memorial Park, at 31 acres.
What makes Grover Township stand out
Where Grover Township beats most towns.
86% of working residents leave Grover Township for work
Where Grover Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Grover Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Grover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Grover Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grover 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 Grover Township.
Grover Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has household incomes well below the Illinois norm and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Grover Township’s grade for health is a C−
Against the 3,119 U.S. towns with household incomes like Grover Township’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Grover Township. Grover Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 41% of adults have high blood pressure in Grover Township.
| Grover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Grover Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.2% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grover Township’s public schools outperform 57% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by the Fairfield Community H S District 225. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Fairfield Comm High School, with 444 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Street Elem SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 296 | B− |
| Fairfield Comm High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 444 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
The median household income in Grover Township is lower than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
Jobs based here fell from 1,467 in 2013 to 1,063. The average commute for its 1,456 working residents takes 17.1 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
The median household income in Grover Township is $42,000. Jobs based in Grover Township fell to 1,063 in 2023, 404 fewer than in 2013. 14% of Grover Township working residents work locally.
| Grover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $42,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Grover Township
Grover Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Grover Township’s July high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Earthquakes leads a high hazard risk in Grover Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Grover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grover Township has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
0.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leo F French Memorial Park | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grover Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grover Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Grover Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Grover Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Grover Township is located in Wayne County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,757 and it contained 1,941 housing units.
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- Area
- 20 sq mi
- Elevation
- 420 ft
Grover Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Grover Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Township | #481 | B− | A | — | B | C− |
| Barnhill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jasper Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Leech Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Jasper Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Grover Township and Jasper Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Barnhill Township and Leech Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grover Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grover Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grover Township, IL a good place to live?
Grover Township grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #481 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Grover 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.