Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hampshire Forest Preserve, at 266 acres with 5.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Hampshire Township yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Hampshire Township beats most towns.
7,569 counted in 2010 and 9,023 in 2020; an estimated 10,302 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Census counts: 483 in 1880, 7,667 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 2 maps from 1938 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hampshire Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
34 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
8 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
33 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
31 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
14 mi Theme parkSanta's Village Amusement & Water ParkSix Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park: Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hampshire 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Hampshire Township.
For most workers, Hampshire Township is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Hampshire Township grew to 2,085 in 2023, 402 more than in 2013. In Hampshire Township, the typical household income is $110,000, where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Elgin (10%) and Hampshire (5%).
| Hampshire Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Two of the 7 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by CUSD 300. The largest public high school is Hampshire High School, with 2,046 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 821 | B− |
| Hampshire High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,046 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Hampshire Township’s FEMA hazard score stands at 23 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 49% come from inland flooding and 25% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Hampshire Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2013.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults in Hampshire Township, the share who have high blood pressure is 28%. A fifth of Hampshire Township adults binge drink, above both Illinois’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (16%).
| Hampshire Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hampshire Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.8% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among residents in Hampshire Township, 24% are under 18. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Illinois average. 10,302 people lived in Hampshire Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 15% more than in 2020. For Hampshire Township, the age of the median resident is 37.9 years.
| Hampshire Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.9 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hampshire Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.5% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
11 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails in Hampshire Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Hampshire Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 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. Hampshire Forest Preserve | 5.7 mi | 266 |
| 2. Ralph Seyller Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 18 |
| 3. Hampshire South Forest Preserve | — | 201 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hampshire Township
About 8 of every 100 Hampshire Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Where Hampshire Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Hampshire is a village in Kane and McHenry counties, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,667.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
7 towns share a border with Hampshire Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rutland Township | #352 | B+ | D | — | A− | A |
| Hampshire | #268 | A− | D− | A | B+ | A− |
| Burlington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | A |
| Coral Township | #390 | B | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Harmony | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Genoa Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plato Township | #60 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
Burlington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rutland Township, Burlington Township, Coral Township and Plato Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hampshire Township, Harmony and Genoa Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hampshire Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Hampshire Township yet; the figures below are still real.
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