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A town of 18,035. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Limestone Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $149K, 2.1 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades B overall, 367th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. On civic life, just 120 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Peoria Lock and Dam Historic District and Christ Church of Lower Kickapoo. Limestone Township’s average commute is 21 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
Where Limestone Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Limestone Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 7 maps from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Limestone 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Limestone Township.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Limestone Township, 34% come from cold waves and 31% from inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Limestone Township sits below 75% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 153 claims here since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Three of its 15 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. 6 public schools serve Limestone Township, with 1,404 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 285 | C+ |
| Limestone Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 898 | C+ |
| Monroe Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 274 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 7,909 working residents takes 21.1 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
The top destinations are Peoria (35%), Bartonville (6%) and East Peoria (5%). Just 12% of Limestone Township’s working residents have a job in town. Half of commuters travel less than 8 miles.
| Limestone Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rocky Glen Park, at 139 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. There are 5.2 miles of trail across 6 parks and preserves. The trail network density for Limestone Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Limestone Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rocky Glen Park | 1.2 mi | 139 |
| 2. Alpha Park | 0.3 mi | 69 |
| 3. Elwood Wildlife Preserve | — | 75 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of adults in Limestone Township who have high blood pressure: 38%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Limestone Township is ahead of Illinois on 1 and behind on 8. 13% of adults here have diabetes; 15% smoke cigarettes.
| Limestone Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Limestone Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Limestone Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
5 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park7 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo39 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
7 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
40 mi MuseumCarl Sandburg State Historic SiteDickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · 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
4 within 15 miles of the center of Limestone Township
About 3 of every 100 Limestone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
2 places in Limestone Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Illinois, United States
Limestone Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,357 and it contained 8,111 housing units. For the census year of 2010, its population was 19,705 and it contained 8,103 housing units.
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9 towns share a border with Limestone Township.
Kickapoo Township next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Limestone Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C− to B+).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Township | #367 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| West Peoria | #554 | C+ | A− | — | C− | C− |
| Creve Coeur | #520 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Kickapoo Township | #336 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Pekin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Township | #478 | B− | B | — | C− | A− |
Limestone Township, Peoria City Township, West Peoria, Creve Coeur, Kickapoo Township and Logan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pekin Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Limestone Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Limestone Township grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #367 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools.
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 B+.
