Montmorency TownshipIL
A town of 2,391.
Is Montmorency Township a good place to live?
Montmorency Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 91 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. 95% of households own their home in Montmorency Township, against 75% in Illinois’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 32 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. Hennepin Canal Feeder Parkway State Park, at 271 acres with 2.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Montmorency Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Montmorency Township for work
Where Montmorency Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Montmorency Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Montmorency Township is from typical.
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Moving to Montmorency Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montmorency 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 Montmorency Township.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Montmorency Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Montmorency Township for work: only 4% work in town. Montmorency Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 4.4% of Montmorency Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Montmorency Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Montmorency Township’s schools rank ahead of 59% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Montmorency CCSD 145. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorency CCSD #145Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 209 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Health in Montmorency Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Montmorency Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Montmorency Township.
| Montmorency Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Montmorency Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.8% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Montmorency Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Montmorency Township has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Montmorency Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.3% of Montmorency Township is conserved land
2.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Montmorency Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Montmorency Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hennepin Canal Feeder Parkway State Park | 2.7 mi | 271 |
| 2. Spring Slough | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Montmorency Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Montmorency Township
About 4 of every 100 Montmorency Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Montmorency Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Montmorency Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,612 and it contained 1,027 housing units. It is located south of the city of Rock Falls.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
Montmorency Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Montmorency Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorency Township | — | — | B | — | B | C |
| Hume Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harmon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coloma Township | #545 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C |
| Hahnaman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Montmorency Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Montmorency Township and Coloma Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hume Township, Harmon Township and Hahnaman Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Montmorency Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Montmorency Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Montmorency 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 B.