Harristown TownshipIL
A town of 1,684, settled in 1858.
Is Harristown Township a good place to live?
The best of Harristown Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 90 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. Harristown Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park, at 66 acres. Harristown Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. Harristown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Harristown Township for work
Where Harristown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Harristown Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Harristown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Harristown Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Harristown 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 Harristown Township.
About half of Harristown Township’s working residents commute to Decatur
Most working residents leave Harristown Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Harristown Township grew to 395 in 2023, 162 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Decatur (45%), Harristown (4%) and Springfield (3%).
| Harristown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Harristown Township’s public schools trail 67% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Sangamon Valley CUSD 9. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamon Valley Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 170 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Health in Harristown Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Harristown Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 43% of Harristown Township adults have obesity, against 37% in Illinois’ towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 20% of Harristown Township adults worry about having enough food.
| Harristown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Harristown Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.7% | 10.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.9% | 7.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Harristown Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Harristown Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Harristown Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Harristown Township has set aside 2.2% of its land for conservation
4.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Harristown Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park | — | 66 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Harristown Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Harristown Township
About 5 of every 100 Harristown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Harristown Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Harristown is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 672 ft
- ZIP code
- 62537
Harristown Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Harristown Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harristown Township | — | — | A | — | C | C |
| Blue Mound Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Niantic Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illini Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | B− |
| Decatur Township | #697 | D | A− | — | D− | C− |
Harristown Township and Illini Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Harristown Township, Illini Township and Decatur Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Blue Mound Township and Niantic Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harristown Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Harristown Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harristown 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.