Indian Creek TownshipIL
2,055 residents make their home in this town in Illinois.
Is Indian Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Indian Creek Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C− for schools. Only 84 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Only 9 of the 749 Illinois towns we compare have a lower typical rent than Indian Creek Township. On the outdoors, just 111 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Indian Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
89% of working residents leave Indian Creek Township for work
Where Indian Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Indian Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Indian Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Indian Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Indian Creek 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 Indian Creek Township.
Indian Creek Township’s public schools trail 85% of Illinois districts
The public schools here belong to Norris City-Omaha-Enfield CUSD 3. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The 2 public schools in Indian Creek Township teach 611 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norris City-Omaha Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 416 | C |
| Norris City-Omaha-Enfield H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 195 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Indian Creek Township is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
Two figures for adults in Indian Creek Township: 18% smoke cigarettes, 40% have high blood pressure. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 14. In Indian Creek Township, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, above both Illinois’ towns (13%) and U.S. towns (14%); what’s more, among adults locally, 23% say their health is fair or poor.
| Indian Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Indian Creek Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.9% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.5 jobs per working resident, most people in Indian Creek Township work out of town
Indian Creek Township’s median household income stands at $59,000, where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Just 11% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs locally fell by 116 from 2013 to 2023, to 430. The top destinations are Carmi (13%), Norris City (10%) and Black Township (5%).
| Indian Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $59,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Indian Creek Township: earthquakes
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Indian Creek Township than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Indian Creek Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The town’s midsummer high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Indian Creek Township is conserved land
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 11 miles. Indian Creek Township has one park or preserve, 5 acres in all. Its trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Indian Creek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Indian Creek Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Indian Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Indian Creek Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Indian Creek Township is located in White County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,322 and it contained 1,137 housing units.
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- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 420 ft
Indian Creek Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Indian Creek Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Township | — | — | A+ | — | C− | C− |
| Heralds Prairie Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mayberry Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Omaha Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enfield Township | — | — | A | — | C− | C+ |
Indian Creek Township and Enfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Indian Creek Township and Enfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Heralds Prairie Township, Mayberry Township and Omaha Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Indian Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Indian Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Indian Creek 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+.