Kingston TownshipIL
A town of 3,486, settled in 1835.
Is Kingston Township a good place to live?
Kingston Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 411th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $103K. A typical home there costs about $269K, 3 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Kingston Township’s mean commuting time is 35 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Russel Woods, at 265 acres with 3.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
97% of working residents leave Kingston Township for work
Where Kingston Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kingston Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Kingston Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kingston Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kingston 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 Kingston Township.
Kingston Township sends most of its workers to DeKalb and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Protected land: 2.5% of Kingston Township
Trails run 20 miles in 6 parks and preserves. Kingston Township’s trail network density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Kingston Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riverwood Forest Preserve | 4.9 mi | 157 |
| 2. Russel Woods | 3.8 mi | 265 |
| 3. Prairie Oaks Forest Preserve | 1.8 mi | 47 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kingston Township’s public schools outperform 58% of Illinois districts
Genoa Kingston CUSD 424 runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Genoa-Kingston High School, with 485 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 310 | – |
| Genoa-Kingston High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 485 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most of Kingston Township’s workers leave town for work
Kingston Township has 381 jobs for its 1,564 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.2 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Kingston Township had 381 jobs in 2023, down 42 from 2013. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents in the town, 3.6% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are DeKalb (9%), Sycamore (8%) and Rockford (7%).
| Kingston Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kingston Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 13°, with about 39 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Kingston Township is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,085 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kingston Township’s, it is less healthy than 65%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
18% of Kingston Township adults report frequent mental distress. Kingston Township: 20% of adults binge drink.
| Kingston Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Kingston Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Kingston Township: inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Just over three fifths of Kingston Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 19%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Illinois Railway Museum and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kingston Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
20 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
13 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
26 mi Theme parkSanta's Village Amusement & Water Park
19 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
13 mi MuseumEllwood HousePhoto credits
Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park: Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ellwood House: Paul R. Burley, CC0
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Everything we know about Kingston Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kingston Township
About 4 of every 100 Kingston Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Kingston Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Kingston is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,108 at the 2020 census, down from 1,164 at the 2010 census.
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- Established
- 1835
- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 794 ft
- ZIP code
- 60145
Kingston Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Kingston Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Township | #411 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Genoa · Genoa Township | #458 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Franklin Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | B |
| Spring Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kingston Township, Genoa and Franklin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Spring Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Genoa Township and Genoa are one community, graded once. Compare Kingston Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kingston Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kingston Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Kingston Township grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #411 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Kingston Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.