Milton TownshipIL
What is it like to live in Milton Township?
Milton Township is a city of 119,815, and it grades A overall, 121st among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools rank ahead of 87% of Illinois towns. The trade-off: homes are expensive, about $469K for a typical one and 5.2 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Milton Township, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Milton Township is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 41 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better.
What makes Milton Township stand out
Where Milton Township beats most towns.
46 miles of trails in Milton Township
17.8% of the town is conserved land, across 93 parks and preserves.
How Milton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Milton Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for health (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 10%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 157 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Milton Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw26 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
15 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaPhoto credits
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Moving to Milton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milton 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 Milton Township.
Milton Township trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors, has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and pairs an A for schools with high home prices.
17.8% of the land in Milton Township is protected from building
Milton Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile. Trails run 46 miles in 93 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Morton Arboretum, 844 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Danada Forest Preserve | 4.8 mi | 763 |
| 2. North Side Park | 2.1 mi | 66 |
| 3. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve | 2 mi | 385 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For schools, Milton Township earns an A
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $469K.
Three of the 42 schools are below, and why each made the list. The 6 public schools in Milton Township teach 3,445 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,143 | A |
| Glenbard West High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,330 | A |
| Longfellow Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 318 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
For health, Milton Township earns an A+
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 9% of its 27,013 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
Nearly a tenth of Milton Township adults have diabetes. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Two figures for adults here: 14% report frequent mental distress, 8.9% smoke cigarettes.
| Milton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Milton Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Milton Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 42 inches of snow, with January nights at 16° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in seven working residents works right in Milton Township
Milton Township has about as many jobs (49,455) as working residents, but only 8,117 people both live and work here. 25.5% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles. Among workers in Milton Township, 26% do their job from home. For most workers, Milton Township is a place to come home to: only 15% work in town. The income of the median household for Milton Township comes to $121,000.
| Milton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moderate risk in Milton Township, with inland flooding at the top
Since 1978, Milton Township has seen 362 flood insurance claims paid out. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 56% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Milton Township
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Milton Township
About 9 of every 100 Milton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Milton Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Milton Township is one of nine civil townships in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 120,237 and it contained 46,254 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Milton Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Milton Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | #121 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| York Township | #220 | A− | D | — | B+ | A |
| Winfield Township | #347 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Bloomingdale Township | #265 | A− | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Lisle Township | #71 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Wheaton | #49 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Winfield | #17 | A+ | C− | A | A− | A |
| Naperville | #46 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
Milton Township, York Township, Winfield Township, Bloomingdale Township and Lisle Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Milton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Milton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Milton Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Milton Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #121 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Milton Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.