Loami TownshipIL
A town of 1,100, settled in 1855.
Is Loami Township a good place to live?
The best of Loami Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and health; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 118 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary, at 47 acres. Loami Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,100 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Loami Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Loami Township is from typical.
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Lincoln Tomb and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loami Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi LandmarkLincoln Tomb
15 mi National Historic SiteLincoln Home National Historic Site124K visitors a year15 mi National MonumentSpringfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
22 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
15 mi MuseumOld State Capitol State Historic Site
14 mi MuseumIllinois State MuseumPhoto credits
Lincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Illinois State Museum: Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California, CC0
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Moving to Loami Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Loami 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 Loami Township.
A smaller share of working residents in Loami Township work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
0.4% of Loami Township working residents work locally, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.3% and U.S. towns at 8%. Since 2013, Loami Township has added 27 jobs, to 80 in 2023. The average trip to work in Loami Township is 31 minutes.
| Loami Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer middle-aged adults than Illinois overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 29% of residents (23% statewide). Loami Township’s median age is 32.2 years, against 40.7 years in Illinois’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. 37% of Loami Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Loami Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.2 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 40% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Loami Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.4 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Loami Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.9% | 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
Loami Township ranks healthier than 66% of the country’s towns
Loami Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Loami Township.
| Loami Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Loami Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Loami Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Loami Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Loami Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Loami Township is conserved land
1.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Loami Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary | 0.7 mi | 47 |
| 2. Colburn Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Loami Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Loami Township
About 6 of every 100 Loami Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
100% of working residents leave Loami Township for work
Where Loami Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Loami Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Loami is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Loami had a population of 812. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is adjacent to the Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary, a parcel of tallgrass prairie replanted on the loam soil after which the village is named. The village was incorporated July 29, 1875.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 630 ft
- ZIP code
- 62661
Questions about Loami Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Loami 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 B+.