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Public schools that outperform most of Illinois. A town of 1,806, settled in 1853.
Hopedale Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for schools and health. Hopedale Township’s typical journey to work is 21 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Hopedale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hopedale Township beats most towns.
Where Hopedale 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 Hopedale Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 362 in 1880, 830 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1958 and 3 maps from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hopedale 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 Hopedale Township.
Most people who work leave Hopedale Township to do it: just 10% work in town. Hopedale Township’s median household income comes in at $98,000. Among residents in the town, 12% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Peoria (13%), Hopedale (9%) and Morton (9%).
| Hopedale Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Life Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 92 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Hopedale Township: nearly a third of adults feel lonely. Against the Illinois average, Hopedale Township comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3. Among adults in the town, 9.8% worry about having enough food and 80% had a checkup this year.
| Hopedale Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Hopedale Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Summers in Hopedale Township are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the losses FEMA expects in Hopedale Township, 45% come from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Hopedale Township sits above 55% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Hopedale Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Hopedale Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Hopedale Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Hopedale is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 830 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is also home to a small number of restaurants, general stores, parks, and the Hopedale Medical Complex.
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4 towns share a border with Hopedale Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopedale Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Dillon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boynton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tremont Township | #114 | A | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Little Mackinaw Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B+ |
Hopedale Township and Little Mackinaw Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hopedale Township, Tremont Township and Little Mackinaw Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dillon Township and Boynton Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hopedale Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.