Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,205.
Logan Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $168K, 2.3 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades B− overall, 478th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 80% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. Logan Township’s median age is 54.8 years, where Illinois’ towns sit at 40.7 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 71 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability. Pleasant Grove School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Logan Township beats most towns.
Where Logan Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Logan Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1856 and 4 maps from 1930 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Logan 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 Logan Township.
Logan Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and sends most of its workers to Peoria and beyond.
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
32% of adults have obesity in Logan Township. Logan Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Logan Township.
| Logan Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Logan Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Logan Township has 336 jobs for its 1,414 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Logan Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Logan Township has added 56 jobs, to 336 in 2023. Logan Township’s average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Logan Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Logan Township has chilly winters and warm summers. 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
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Logan Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Community Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Logan Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
6 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park13 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
34 mi MuseumCarl Sandburg State Historic Site
13 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
25 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HouseDickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Logan Township
About 2 of every 100 Logan Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Township in Illinois, United States
Logan Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,192 and it contained 1,390 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Smithville.
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4 towns share a border with Logan Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Township | #478 | B− | B | — | C− | A− |
| Trivoli Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Limestone Township | #367 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Rosefield Township | — | — | D | — | B+ | A |
| Timber Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B |
Rosefield Township and Timber Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Logan Township, Limestone Township, Rosefield Township and Timber Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Trivoli Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Logan Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Logan Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #478 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
