Looking Glass TownshipIL
A town of 6,427, settled in 1846.
Is Looking Glass Township a good place to live?
Looking Glass Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 242nd of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $92K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 68% of Illinois towns. A typical home there costs about $197K, 2.5 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. Looking Glass Township’s July high is 88°F, above both the Illinois town median (84°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). The biggest park or preserve is New Baden Community Park, at 38 acres.
90% of working residents leave Looking Glass Township for work
Where Looking Glass Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Looking Glass Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Looking Glass Township is from typical.
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Moving to Looking Glass Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Looking Glass 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 Looking Glass Township.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Looking Glass Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Looking Glass Township for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Looking Glass Township grew to 1,157 in 2023, 207 more than in 2013. The top destinations are St.
| Looking Glass Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $92,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Looking Glass Township earns a B+ for schools
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Baden Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 246 | A |
| Albers Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 154 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Looking Glass Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Looking Glass Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Looking Glass Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Looking Glass Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 23° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Looking Glass Township is healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Looking Glass Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Looking Glass Township.
| Looking Glass Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Looking Glass Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.2% of Looking Glass Township is conserved land
Just 49 of its 32,282 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Looking Glass Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Baden Community Park | — | 38 |
| 2. Albers Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Looking Glass Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Looking Glass Township
About 4 of every 100 Looking Glass Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Looking Glass Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Looking Glass Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,447 and it contained 2,498 housing units.
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- Area
- 51 sq mi
- Elevation
- 430 ft
Looking Glass Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Looking Glass Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looking Glass Township | #242 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Venedy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Germantown Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B |
| Sugar Creek Township | #81 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Mascoutah Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Engelmann Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Germantown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Looking Glass Township, Germantown Township and Sugar Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Venedy Township, Mascoutah Township and Engelmann Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Looking Glass Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Looking Glass Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Looking Glass Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Looking Glass Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #242 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Looking Glass Township, IL expensive?
Louis, MO-IL metro 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.