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14,687 people live in this town, settled in 1832.
Mahomet Township’s strongest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $116K. The drawback is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $278K, 4.2 years of the Champaign metro’s $66K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than three quarters of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Overall, that makes a B+, good for 332nd of 767 in Illinois. Set against the rest, it does better than 69% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 671 acres with 3.1 miles of trail. Nearly a third of residents are under 18 in the town, above both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Where Mahomet Township beats most towns.
Where Mahomet 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 Mahomet Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 771 in 1880, a low of 473 in 1890, 9,434 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1965 and 3 maps from 1907 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mahomet Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
11 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
12 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
18 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
16 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum
11 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing ArtsGies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mahomet 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 Mahomet Township.
Mahomet Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois.
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
32% of Mahomet Township adults sleep under 7 hours. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Two figures for adults locally: 17% get no exercise outside work, 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Mahomet Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mahomet Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Mahomet-Seymour High School, with 1,050 students. Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet-Seymour Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 812 | A− |
| Mahomet-Seymour High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,050 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
There are 15 miles of trail across 10 parks and preserves. For Mahomet Township, the trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Mahomet Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buffalo Trace Prairie | 6.9 mi | 267 |
| 2. Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve | 3.1 mi | 671 |
| 3. River Bend Forest Preserve | 2.5 mi | 167 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for its 6,182 working residents takes 19.9 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois. Jobs based here grew from 1,818 in 2013 to 2,399.
In Mahomet Township, the typical journey to work is 20 minutes. Only 12% of working residents stay in Mahomet Township for work; the rest commute out. Among residents locally, 3.3% live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Mahomet Township grew to 2,399 in 2023, 581 more than in 2013.
| Mahomet Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
4 flood insurance claims have been paid in Mahomet Township since 1979. 63% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 17%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 18° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mahomet Township
About 4 of every 100 Mahomet Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Mahomet () is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, along the Sangamon River. The population was 9,434 at the 2020 census. Mahomet is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Champaign at the junction of Interstate 74 and Illinois Route 47.
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6 towns share a border with Mahomet Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet Township | #332 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Hensley Township | — | — | B | — | B− | A |
| Scott Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahomet | #261 | A− | C− | A− | A− | A |
| Newcomb Township | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| Blue Ridge Township | — | — | B | — | C | B+ |
| Sangamon Township | #349 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
Hensley Township, Newcomb Township and Blue Ridge Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mahomet Township, Hensley Township, Newcomb Township, Blue Ridge Township and Sangamon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Scott Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mahomet Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mahomet Township grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #332 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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