Monee TownshipIL
A town of 15,375, settled in 1853.
Is Monee Township a good place to live?
Monee Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 636th of 767 in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $85K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $356K for a typical one and 3.9 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Monee Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The biggest park or preserve is Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve, at 422 acres. Monee Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns.
How Monee Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Monee Township is from typical.
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Moving to Monee Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monee 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 Monee Township.
Monee Township has commutes longer than most of Illinois, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Monee Township has set aside 5.4% of its land for conservation
14 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves.
| Monee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park | 1.7 mi | 70 |
| 2. Monee Reservoir | 1.6 mi | 250 |
| 3. Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve | — | 422 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Monee Township’s schools rank behind 58% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Crete Monee CUSD 201U. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crete-Monee Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,002 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Monee Township
Monee Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Monee Township’s grade for cost of living is a C−
73% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 47.9% across Illinois.
Monee Township’s median rent is $1,629 a month. The typical Monee Township home is worth about $356,000, up 3.7% in a year, 20% above the Illinois typical home.
| Monee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,629 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 1.4 jobs for every working resident, Monee Township draws in 9,702 commuters
The average commute for its 6,991 working residents takes 35.8 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois. Jobs based here grew from 6,798 in 2013 to 10,123.
Most working residents leave Monee Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Monee Township grew to 10,123 in 2023, 3,325 more than in 2013. 12% of Monee Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Monee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 10% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Illinois’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. 14% of residents are 65 or older in Monee Township. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Monee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Monee Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.2% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Health in Monee Township trails 56% of U.S. towns
Monee Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Monee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Monee Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.7% | 75.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Monee Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monee Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Soldier Field and 137 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monee Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw26 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw32 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Monee Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Monee Township
About 6 of every 100 Monee Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Monee Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States, It is a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 5,128 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 797 ft
- ZIP code
- 60449
Monee Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Monee Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monee Township | #636 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Park Forest | #675 | C− | C+ | C+ | C− | C |
| Richton Park | #674 | C− | C | C | C− | B |
| Will Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B− |
| Green Garden Township | #328 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Crete Township | #538 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
Will Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Monee Township, Will Township, Green Garden Township and Crete Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Monee Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Monee Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Monee Township, IL a good place to live?
Monee Township grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #636 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Monee 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 C−.