Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 97,956.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hanover Township grades B overall, 444th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. It has 30 miles of trail. The median household earns $100K and residents are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $285K for a typical one and 3.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. The biggest place to walk is Poplar Creek Forest Preserve, 4,516 acres with 9.1 miles of trail. Only 50 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score lower on civic life. Hanover Township’s median rent is $1,598 a month, above both Illinois’ towns ($1,128 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Where Hanover Township beats most towns.
Where Hanover Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hanover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 11,367 in 1960, 100,092 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1923 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hanover Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw36 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
16 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hanover 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 Hanover Township.
The trail network density for Hanover Township comes to 0.9 miles per square mile. 82 parks and preserves cover 6,683 acres locally.
| Hanover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Poplar Creek Forest Preserve | 9.1 mi | 4,516 |
| 2. Shoe Factory Road Woods | 3.7 mi | 819 |
| 3. Bluff Spring Fen | 2.4 mi | 183 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools: SD U-46. Three of its 29 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastview Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 757 | B+ |
| Elgin High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,576 | C |
| Bartlett Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 613 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Hanover Township: 18% of adults binge drink. Against the Illinois average, Hanover Township comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 4. In Hanover Township, 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 30% have obesity.
| Hanover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hanover Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 5.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 13.9% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here fell from 21,502 in 2013 to 16,563.
Half commute less than 13 miles. Jobs in Hanover Township fell by 4,939 from 2013 to 2023, to 16,563. Most working residents leave Hanover Township for work: only 5% work in town. The town’s average commute is 30 minutes.
| Hanover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA puts 36% of Hanover Township’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 35% to inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Hanover Township sits below 76% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 33 claims in the town since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Winters in Hanover Township are cold, snowy and summers pleasant. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 15°; snowfall runs to about 32 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of residents in Hanover Township who are under 18: 24%. No age group stands out against Illinois: all are within 4 points. Also worth knowing: for Hanover Township, the age of the median resident is 38 years. Among adults 25 and older, 31% have a four-year degree or more, against 38% across Illinois.
| Hanover Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 38 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.9, men 36.8.
| Hanover Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 15.4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
8 within 15 miles of the center of Hanover Township
About 5 of every 100 Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Township in Illinois, United States
Hanover Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA and is located at the end of the county's panhandle. As of the 2020 census, its population was 100,092 and it contained 35,007 housing units. Hanover Township was established on April 2, 1850. The first reported population of the Township was 672. The Township gets its name from the "Kingdom of Hanover in Western Germany," which is where a majority of the Township's first residents originated from. The primary governmental concerns were collecting taxes, control and collection of stray animals and maintenance of the roads. "Poor relief" was minimal in the early days of the Township and the Clerk was in control of organizi…
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7 towns share a border with Hanover Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | #444 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Wayne Township | #394 | B | D | — | B− | A |
| Barrington Township | #84 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Schaumburg Township | #91 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Elgin · Elgin Township | #526 | C+ | C | B− | C+ | B |
| Bartlett | #223 | A− | D | A | C+ | A |
| Dundee Township | #270 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A− |
Hanover Township, Wayne Township, Barrington Township, Schaumburg Township and Dundee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Elgin Township and Elgin are one community, graded once. Compare Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hanover Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #444 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
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