Lagrange TownshipIL
A town of 1,081.
Is Lagrange Township a good place to live?
Lagrange Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for incomes and a B for schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 35% of residents are 65 or older in Lagrange Township, against 19% in Illinois’ towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only one of the 769 Illinois towns we compare has a higher midpoint age than Lagrange Township. Only 22 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. The biggest place to walk is Kingsbury Park District Nature Preserve, 119 acres with 2.8 miles of trail. Lagrange Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,081 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lagrange Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lagrange Township is from typical.
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Moving to Lagrange Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lagrange 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 Lagrange Township.
Lagrange Township skews older than Illinois
People 65 and older are 35% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 5% of residents (22% statewide). The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 29%, against 38% across Illinois.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Lagrange Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 1.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 2% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 27.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.8% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Lagrange Township has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Only 1% of working residents stay in Lagrange Township for work; the rest commute out. Lagrange Township’s mean commuting time is 20 minutes. Its typical household income is $121,000, above both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). It had 57 jobs in 2023, down 23 from 2013.
| Lagrange Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lagrange Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 21°, with about 12 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lagrange Township is less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
Lagrange Township: 37% of adults have high blood pressure. Among adults in the town, 40% have obesity and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Lagrange Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lagrange Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.3% | 12.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lagrange Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts 34% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 25% to earthquakes. Lagrange Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 57 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: 0.8% of Lagrange Township
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 4.1 miles of trail. Lagrange Township’s trail network density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lagrange 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. Kingsbury Park District Nature Preserve | 2.8 mi | 119 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lagrange Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lagrange Township
About 9 of every 100 Lagrange Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Lagrange Township for work
Where Lagrange Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lagrange Township
Township in Illinois, US
Lagrange Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,103 and it contained 512 housing units.
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- Area
- 47 sq mi
- Elevation
- 571 ft
Questions about Lagrange Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lagrange 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−.