Laona TownshipIL
Is Laona Township a good place to live?
The best of Laona Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools; the weakest is a C for walkability. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Laona Township, against 19% in Illinois’ towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 48 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. On civic life, just 82 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. Christenson-Anderson Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Laona Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Laona Township stand out
Where Laona Township beats most towns.
1,265 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Laona Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Laona Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Laona Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Laona 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 Laona Township.
Very low risk in Laona Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, fewer of Laona Township’s working residents work locally
0.6% of working residents work locally in Laona Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.3% and U.S. towns at 8%. Laona Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. The top destinations are Rockford (24%), Chicago (5%) and Loves Park (4%).
| Laona Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Laona Township are healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Laona Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 9.7% of Laona Township adults worry about having enough food.
| Laona Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Laona Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Laona Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Laona Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 13° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6.7% of Laona Township is conserved land
0.7 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sugar River Forest Preserve, at 149 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Laona Heights Forest Preserve | 0.6 mi | 63 |
| 2. Sugar River Forest Preserve | — | 149 |
| 3. Colored Sands Forest Preserve | — | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
BMO Center and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Laona Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
19 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
39 mi GardenUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum
20 mi GardenKlehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden
32 mi MuseumChana School
15 mi MuseumAngel MuseumPhoto credits
BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum: Yinan Chen, Public Domain · Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden: KlehmArboretum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chana School: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin), CC BY 2.5 · Angel Museum: Unknown, Public domain
Everything we know about Laona Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Laona Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Laona Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Laona Township for work
Where Laona Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Laona Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Laona Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,250 and contained 707 housing units. The township includes part of the census-designated place of Lake Summerset.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 876 ft
Questions about Laona Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Laona 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−.