Hopkins TownshipIL
A town of 1,966, settled in 1882.
Is Hopkins Township a good place to live?
Hopkins Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C for walkability. On civic life, just 96 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Lake Como State Natural Area, at 109 acres. Hopkins Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Hopkins Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hopkins Township is from typical.
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Moving to Hopkins Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hopkins 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 Hopkins Township.
The climate in Hopkins Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 13° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average trip to work in Hopkins Township is longer than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
The typical household income for Hopkins Township comes to $97,000, above both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The town had 1,034 jobs in 2023, up 173 from 2013. Most working residents leave Hopkins Township for work: only 5% work in town. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 6.8%.
| Hopkins Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hopkins Township is less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Hopkins Township, 15% report frequent physical distress. Against the Illinois average, Hopkins Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 10. Also worth knowing: the share of adults in Hopkins Township who have diabetes is 13%, against 11% in Illinois’ towns and 12% across U.S. towns.
| Hopkins Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Hopkins Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.9% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hopkins Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Hopkins Township sits below 51% of U.S. communities. 50% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 13%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Hopkins Township, 0.8% of the land is conserved
For Hopkins Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. There are 1.8 miles of trail across 4 parks and preserves.
| Hopkins Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Como State Natural Area | — | 109 |
| 2. Lyndon Prairie | — | 30 |
| 3. Crow Valley Campground | — | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hopkins Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hopkins Township
About 2 of every 100 Hopkins Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Hopkins Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Hopkins Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,156 and it contained 904 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Hopkins Township’s neighbors
9 towns share a border with Hopkins Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Hume Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coloma Township | #545 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C |
| Como | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | #221 | A− | A− | — | B− | B+ |
| Genesee Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sterling · Sterling Township | #514 | C+ | B+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
Hopkins Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hopkins Township, Coloma Township and Mount Pleasant Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hume Township, Como, Genesee Township and Lyndon Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Sterling Township and Sterling are one community, graded once. Compare Hopkins Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hopkins Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hopkins 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−.