Little Mackinaw TownshipIL
It is a town of 1,433 residents in Illinois.
Is Little Mackinaw Township a good place to live?
The best of Little Mackinaw Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living. 26% of residents are under 18 in Little Mackinaw Township, above both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). The biggest park or preserve is Minier West Park, at 39 acres. Little Mackinaw Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,433 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Little Mackinaw Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Little Mackinaw Township is from typical.
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Moving to Little Mackinaw Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Little Mackinaw 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 Little Mackinaw Township.
Little Mackinaw Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Little Mackinaw Township’s typical journey to work stands at 23 minutes. Just 5% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Little Mackinaw Township has lost 129 jobs, to 200 in 2023. Among residents here, 5.6% live below the poverty line.
| Little Mackinaw Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Little Mackinaw Township’s schools rank ahead of 68% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Olympia CUSD 16. Little Mackinaw Township’s only public school teaches 255 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia West Elem SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 255 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Little Mackinaw Township ranks healthier than 72% of the country’s towns
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Little Mackinaw Township is ahead of Illinois on 6 and behind on 2. Little Mackinaw Township: one in ten adults worry about having enough food. 32% of adults in Little Mackinaw Township feel lonely; 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Little Mackinaw Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 33% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Little Mackinaw Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Little Mackinaw Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Little Mackinaw Township, mostly inland flooding
In Little Mackinaw Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 55 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 45% come from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves. 6 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Little Mackinaw Township is conserved land
0.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Minier West Park | — | 39 |
| 2. School Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Veterans Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Miller Park Zoo and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Little Mackinaw Township. Close and well known come first.
30 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park23 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
6 mi Theme parkSpider Hill
18 mi GardenFell Arboretum21 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation MuseumPhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Little Mackinaw Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Little Mackinaw Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Little Mackinaw Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
95% of working residents leave Little Mackinaw Township for work
Where Little Mackinaw Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Little Mackinaw Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Little Mackinaw Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,473 and it contained 618 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Questions about Little Mackinaw Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Little Mackinaw 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−.