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Kewanee Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $69K, 1 years of the Davenport metro’s $73K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 572nd of 767 in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $51K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line, and its public schools trail 75% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 32% of working residents work locally in Kewanee Township, against 8.3% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Johnson Sauk Trail State Park, at 557 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Kewanee Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Kewanee Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,704 in 1880, a peak of 17,093 in 1930, 12,509 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 3 maps from 1929 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kewanee 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 Kewanee Township.
Against the 5,970 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kewanee Township’s, it is healthier than 56%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Kewanee Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 15% of Kewanee Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Kewanee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Kewanee Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.6% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.8% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Kewanee CUSD 229. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Kewanee High School, with 582 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central ElemLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 353 | C− |
| Kewanee High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 582 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
About one in 3 of Kewanee Township’s working residents works in town. 5.8% of workers work from home in Kewanee Township. Jobs based in Kewanee Township grew to 2,613 in 2023, 180 more than in 2013.
| Kewanee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $51,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 5.8% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kewanee Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kewanee Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.4 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Kewanee Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Kewanee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Johnson Sauk Trail State Park | 1.7 mi | 557 |
| 2. Baker Park | 0.6 mi | 195 |
| 3. Northeast Park | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Kewanee Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Kewanee Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Kewanee ( ) is a city in Henry County, Illinois. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie-chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 in the 2020 census, down from 12,916 in 2010.
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5 towns share a border with Kewanee Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewanee Township | #572 | C | A | — | C | C |
| Neponset Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wethersfield Township | #389 | B | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Burns Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annawan Township | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| Elmira Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Annawan Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kewanee Township, Wethersfield Township and Annawan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Neponset Township, Burns Township and Elmira Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kewanee Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Kewanee Township grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #572 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
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.