Hollis TownshipIL
A town of 1,789, settled in 1850.
Is Hollis Township a good place to live?
Hollis Township’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 96 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. 94% of households own their home in Hollis Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 75% and U.S. towns at 73%. The biggest park or preserve is Hollis Park, at 164 acres. Hollis Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. Hollis Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Hollis Township stand out
Where Hollis Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 1,439 people come to Hollis Township for work
Where Hollis Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hollis Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hollis Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hollis Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hollis 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 Hollis Township.
A job hub: Hollis Township has 1.8 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,439 commuters
Most working residents leave Hollis Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Hollis Township has added 531 jobs, to 1,466 in 2023. 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Hollis Township, below both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Hollis Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Hollis Township fall behind 72% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Hollis Consolidated SD 328. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis Consolidated Grade SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 147 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Fewer young adults than Illinois overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Hollis Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 59% women
The Census survey reached too few of Hollis Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.8 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hollis Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Hollis Township ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Hollis Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 33% of Hollis Township adults have obesity.
| Hollis Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hollis Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hollis Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Hollis Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hollis Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Butler Haynes Park | 0.7 mi | 85 |
| 2. Hollis Park | — | 164 |
| 3. Raccon Lakes | — | 121 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dickson Mounds and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hollis Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
10 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park11 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo38 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
11 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
21 mi Theme parkSpider HillPhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Hollis Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Hollis Township
About 2 of every 100 Hollis Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Hollis Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Hollis Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,881 and it contained 768 housing units. The village of Mapleton is the only incorporated town in the township.
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- Area
- 25 sq mi
Hollis Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Hollis Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B+ |
| Cincinnati Township | #517 | C+ | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Pekin · Pekin Township | #597 | C | A− | C− | C | C+ |
| Spring Lake Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Limestone Township | #367 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Timber Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B |
| Kingston Mines | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Camelot | — | — | B− | — | C | A− |
Hollis Township, Spring Lake Township, Timber Township and Lake Camelot have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hollis Township, Cincinnati Township, Spring Lake Township, Limestone Township, Timber Township and Lake Camelot report no FBI crime data of their own. Kingston Mines isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Pekin Township and Pekin are one community, graded once. Compare Hollis Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hollis Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hollis 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 B+.