Hall TownshipIL
A town of 8,193.
Is Hall Township a good place to live?
Hall Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $149K, 2.1 years of the Ottawa area’s $72K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 539th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 82% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. Hall Township’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
How Hall Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hall Township is from typical.
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Moving to Hall Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hall 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 Hall Township.
Hall Township earns a C− for schools
Its public schools are run by Spring Valley CCSD 99. Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hall High School, with 388 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 632 | C |
| Hall High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 388 | C+ |
| Dalzell Grade SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 45 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Low risk in Hall Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hall Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hall Township is less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Hall Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 15% of Hall Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Hall Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hall Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16% | 12.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.5% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Hall Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Hall Township has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in six working residents works right in Hall Township
Hall Township has about as many jobs (3,030) as working residents, but only 608 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 19 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Hall Township for work: only 17% work in town. Jobs based in Hall Township grew to 3,030 in 2023, 1,044 more than in 2013. 3.8% of workers work from home in Hall Township.
| Hall Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 3.8% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 1.6% of Hall Township
2.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Hall Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Hall Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kirby Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hall Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hall Township
About 3 of every 100 Hall Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Hall Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Hall Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,258 and it contained 3,777 housing units. Hall Township changed its name from Bloom Township in June 1850.
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- Area
- 38 sq mi
- Elevation
- 659 ft
Hall Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Hall Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Township | #539 | C+ | A− | — | C− | C |
| Granville Township | #373 | B | A | — | B− | B |
| Westfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Selby Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Spring Valley | #484 | B− | A− | B+ | C− | C |
| Peru Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leepertown Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Selby Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hall Township, Granville Township and Selby Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Westfield Township, Peru Township and Leepertown Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hall Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hall Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hall Township, IL a good place to live?
Hall Township grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #539 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Hall 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−.