Lamotte TownshipIL
A town of 1,858. 2.9 times the library visits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Lamotte Township a good place to live?
The best of Lamotte Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and history and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for schools. Only 29 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on history. The biggest park or preserve is Leaverton Park, at 51 acres. Lamotte Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lamotte Township stand out
Where Lamotte Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Library visits per resident
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine Grade School | PK–8 | 274 |
| Palestine High School | 9–12 | 80 |
94% of working residents leave Lamotte Township for work
Where Lamotte Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lamotte Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lamotte Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lamotte Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lamotte 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 Lamotte Township.
Lamotte Township’s schools rank behind 91% of Illinois districts
The public schools here belong to Palestine CUSD 3. Its two schools are below. Public school enrollment in Lamotte Township: 354 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 274 | C− |
| Palestine High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 80 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Lamotte Township has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Lamotte Township’s middle household income stands at $64,000, below both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The average trip to work for Lamotte Township comes to 21 minutes. The top destinations are Robinson (32%), Robinson Township (7%) and Palestine (4%).
| Lamotte Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Lamotte Township trails 71% of U.S. towns
Just over a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor in Lamotte Township, against 18% in Illinois’ towns and 19% across U.S. towns. In Lamotte Township, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% smoke cigarettes, 39% have high blood pressure.
| Lamotte Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lamotte Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 17% | 12.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Lamotte Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 22°, with about 12 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 8.2% of Lamotte Township
Walkers can cover 0.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leaverton Park | — | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Lamotte Township: inland flooding
In Lamotte Township, the FEMA hazard score is 56 of 100. FEMA puts half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to earthquakes. This Illinois town has had 8 paid flood insurance claims since 2006.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lamotte Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lamotte Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Lamotte Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Lamotte Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Lamotte Township is one of ten townships in Crawford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,887 and it contained 945 housing units. Its name changed from Palestine Township sometime before 1921.
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- Area
- 51 sq mi
- Elevation
- 440 ft
Lamotte Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lamotte Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamotte Township | — | — | A+ | — | D | C |
| Montgomery Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hutsonville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lamotte Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lamotte Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Montgomery Township and Hutsonville Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lamotte Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lamotte Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lamotte Township, IL a good place to live?
2.9 times the library visits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Lamotte 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+.