Guilford TownshipIL
A town of 1,519, settled in 1854. 70% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Guilford Township a good place to live?
Guilford Township’s best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Guilford Township’s median age is 63.3 years, against 40.7 years in Illinois’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a lower January low than Guilford Township. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 120 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Guilford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Guilford Township stand out
Where Guilford Township beats most towns.
Guilford Township has grown 23% since 2010
1,206 counted in 2010 and 1,504 in 2020; an estimated 1,519 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Guilford Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Guilford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Guilford Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Guilford 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 Guilford Township.
Residents of Guilford Township are healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
Guilford Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 30% of adults feel lonely in Guilford Township, below both the Illinois town median (33%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). 15% of Guilford Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Guilford Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Guilford Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Low risk in Guilford Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Guilford Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Guilford Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Guilford Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in seven working residents works right in Guilford Township
Most working residents leave Guilford Township for work: only 15% work in town. Guilford Township’s median household income is $116,000. Since 2013, Guilford Township has added 320 jobs, to 478 in 2023.
| Guilford Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Guilford Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Charles Mound and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Guilford Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MountainCharles Mound8 mi MuseumChicago Athenaeum
20 mi MuseumNational Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium250K visitors a year
8 mi MuseumApple River Fort
21 mi TheatreFive Flags Center21 mi MuseumDubuque Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Charles Mound: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apple River Fort: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Five Flags Center: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Guilford Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Guilford Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Guilford Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Guilford Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Guilford is an unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Guilford Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Guilford Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| East Galena Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Thompson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Galena Territory | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Scales Mound Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Council Hill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Guilford Township, East Galena Township and The Galena Territory have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Guilford Township, East Galena Township and The Galena Territory report no FBI crime data of their own. Thompson Township, Elizabeth Township, Scales Mound Township and Council Hill Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Guilford Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Guilford Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Guilford Township, IL a good place to live?
70% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Guilford Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.