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Mount Pulaski Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living, history, and civic life. Mount Pulaski Township’s median rent is $758 a month, below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 61 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on history. Mount Pulaski Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mount Pulaski Township beats most towns.
Robert Buckles BarnWhere Mount Pulaski 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 Mount Pulaski Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2014.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Pulaski 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 Mount Pulaski Township.
Most working residents leave Mount Pulaski Township for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Mount Pulaski Township grew to 565 in 2023, 90 more than in 2013. 5.9% of Mount Pulaski Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Mount Pulaski Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Mt Pulaski CUSD 23. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pulaski Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 369 | C+ |
| Mount Pulaski High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 178 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Mount Pulaski Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mount Pulaski Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 38% of Mount Pulaski Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Mount Pulaski Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Mount Pulaski Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 13.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Park | 0.1 mi | 11 |
| 2. Frazier Park | — | 9 |
| 3. East Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Mount Pulaski Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Mount Pulaski Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Mount Pulaski is a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mount Pulaski had a population of 1,537. It is the home of the Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site. The city is named in honor of Polish Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski. Mount Pulaski has one high school: Mount Pulaski High School, home of the Hilltoppers. The school colors are purple and gold. Mount Pulaski held the county seat of Logan County from 1848 to 1855.
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6 towns share a border with Mount Pulaski Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pulaski Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Elkhart Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chester Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laenna Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lanesville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Fork Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buffalo Hart Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mount Pulaski Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Pulaski Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Elkhart Township, Chester Township, Laenna Township, Lanesville Township, Lake Fork Township and Buffalo Hart Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Pulaski Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.