Kickapoo TownshipIL
Home to 8,209 people, the town was settled in 1847.
Is Kickapoo Township a good place to live?
Kickapoo Township’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than 69% of U.S. towns, 336th of 767 in Illinois. Its best grade is for health — residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $112K. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $291K, 4.1 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It also trails on walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 67% of U.S. towns. 13% of the land in the town is conserved, above both Illinois’ towns (3.6%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 118 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Kickapoo Township stand out
Where Kickapoo Township beats most towns.
Kickapoo Township has grown 16% since 2010
7,158 counted in 2010 and 8,401 in 2020; an estimated 8,209 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Kickapoo Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Kickapoo Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kickapoo Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kickapoo 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 Kickapoo Township.
Kickapoo Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois.
In Kickapoo Township, 12.9% of the land is conserved
Wildlife Prairie Park, at 1,438 acres with 17.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. In 4 parks and preserves, walkers have 33 miles of trail. Kickapoo Township’s concentration of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wildlife Prairie Park | 17.8 mi | 1,438 |
| 2. Kinsey Park | 12.8 mi | 386 |
| 3. Sommer Farm | 2.2 mi | 322 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kickapoo Township’s schools rank ahead of 70% of Illinois districts
Public schools: Dunlap CUSD 323. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 433 students attend Kickapoo Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 433 | A+ |
| Daarul Uloom Islamic School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 215 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Kickapoo Township’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
Just over a tenth of Kickapoo Township adults smoke cigarettes. The town beats the Illinois average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults here, 11% report frequent physical distress and 18% get no exercise outside work.
| Kickapoo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Kickapoo Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Low risk in Kickapoo Township, with cold waves at the top
Households in Kickapoo Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2013. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, Kickapoo Township has seen 33 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 34% come from cold waves and 34% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kickapoo Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Summers in Kickapoo Township are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 26 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About half of Kickapoo Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
The average commute for its 3,635 working residents takes 20.5 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
For most workers, Kickapoo Township is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. The mean commuting time for Kickapoo Township comes to 21 minutes. The median commute is under 8 miles. The top destinations are Peoria (47%), Mossville (5%) and East Peoria (3%).
| Kickapoo Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wildlife Prairie Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kickapoo Township. Close and well known come first.
in town Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park
35 mi MuseumDickson Mounds7 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
7 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
37 mi MuseumCarl Sandburg State Historic Site
18 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HousePhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Kickapoo Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Kickapoo Township
About 6 of every 100 Kickapoo Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Kickapoo Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Kickapoo is an unincorporated community in Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Kickapoo is located on U.S. Route 150, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) northwest of downtown Peoria. It was named after the Kickapoo people.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 663 ft
Kickapoo Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Kickapoo Township.
Richwoods Township next door grades lower for schools (C− to Kickapoo Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (A to C−).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo Township | #336 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| Limestone Township | #367 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Rosefield Township | — | — | D | — | B+ | A |
| Radnor Township | #33 | A+ | C+ | — | A | A |
| Richwoods Township | #246 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Medina Township | #212 | A− | C | — | A | A |
Rosefield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kickapoo Township, Peoria City Township, Limestone Township, Rosefield Township, Radnor Township, Richwoods Township and Medina Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kickapoo Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kickapoo Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kickapoo Township, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Kickapoo Township grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #336 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Kickapoo Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.