Medina TownshipIL
A town of 13,863, settled in 1873. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Medina Township a good place to live?
Medina Township grades A− overall, 212th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 89% of Illinois towns and it is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $124K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $293K, 4.1 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Medina Township, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). On history, just 100 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Singing Woods Nature Preserve, at 1,007 acres with 3.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Medina Township stand out
Where Medina Township beats most towns.
Medina Township has grown 10% since 2010
12,564 counted in 2010 and 13,976 in 2020; an estimated 13,863 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Medina Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Medina Township is from typical.
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Moving to Medina Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Medina 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 Medina Township.
Medina Township trades workers with Peoria and other neighbors and has less no health insurance than most of Illinois.
For schools, Medina Township earns an A
Its public schools are run by Dunlap CUSD 323. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 865 | A+ |
| Wilder-Waite Grade SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 404 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
For health, Medina Township earns an A
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide. Against the 5,157 U.S. towns with household incomes like Medina Township’s, it is healthier than 68%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
31% of Medina Township adults have obesity. Medina Township beats the Illinois average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Medina Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Medina Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Medina Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Medina Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Singing Woods Nature Preserve | 3.6 mi | 1,007 |
| 2. Tawny Oaks Field Station | 0.7 mi | 34 |
| 3. Merdel/Ford Property | — | 150 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Medina Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Medina Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Medina Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
Medina Township has about as many jobs (5,880) as working residents, but only 561 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 19.5 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Medina Township for work: only 9% work in town. Medina Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Since 2013, Medina Township has lost 902 jobs, to 5,880 in 2023.
| Medina Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 18% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Medina Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 69 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Medina Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wildlife Prairie Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Medina Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park9 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo40 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
9 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
12 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
12 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic SitePhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain
Everything we know about Medina Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Medina Township
About 4 of every 100 Medina Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Medina Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Medina Township is located north of Peoria, in Peoria County, Illinois, and in the Illinois River Valley (West of the river itself). As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,564 and it contained 4,993 housing units. Medina Township changed its name from Franklin Township on an unknown date, but most likely in 1850. Headquartered in Mossville, it is served by two school districts: Illinois Valley Central School District #321, and Dunlap School District #323. It also contains the census-designated place of Rome and much of the city of Peoria's Alta neighborhood.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
Medina Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Medina Township.
Richwoods Township next door grades lower for schools (C− to Medina Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (A to C).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina Township | #212 | A− | C | — | A | A |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| Spring Bay Township | #415 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Radnor Township | #33 | A+ | C+ | — | A | A |
| Hallock Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Richwoods Township | #246 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Rome | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
Hallock Township and Rome have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Medina Township, Peoria City Township, Spring Bay Township, Radnor Township, Hallock Township, Richwoods Township and Rome report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Medina Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Medina Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Medina Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Medina Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #212 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools.
Is Medina Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.