Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For a city of 107,908, Naperville Township does well: it grades A, ranked 115th of 767 in Illinois. Residents are healthier than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools rank ahead of 90% of Illinois towns. The trade-off: homes are expensive, about $402K for a typical one and 4.4 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Naperville Township, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Naperville Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 61 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better.
Where Naperville Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Naperville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 9.9% |
Where Naperville 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 Naperville 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 7%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,713 in 1870, 149,540 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 7 maps from 1908 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Naperville Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw32 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw31 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Naperville 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 Naperville Township.
Naperville Township draws workers from Aurora and beyond, has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and pairs an A for schools with high home prices.
Across 82 parks and preserves: 31 miles of trail. Springbrook Prairie, at 1,840 acres with 7.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Naperville Township’s density of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Springbrook Prairie | 7.3 mi | 1,840 |
| 2. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve | 3.7 mi | 469 |
| 3. Centennial Park | 1.4 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $402K.
Of its 42 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by Indian Prairie CUSD 204. 6 public schools serve Naperville Township, with 3,935 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Granger Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,011 | A |
| Waubonsie Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,849 | A |
| Naperville North High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,467 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
Among adults in Naperville Township, 9.2% report frequent physical distress. 17% of adults here have been diagnosed with depression; 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Naperville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Naperville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
85,473 jobs are based in Naperville Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 27.4% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Naperville Township’s median household income stands at $120,000. Most people who work leave Naperville Township to do it: just 17% work in town. Jobs based in Naperville Township grew to 85,473 in 2023, 9,474 more than in 2013. 27% of Naperville Township workers do their job from home.
| Naperville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Flood insurance has paid out on 56 claims in Naperville Township since 1979. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 28 inches of snow, with January nights at 16° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 within 15 miles of the center of Naperville Township
About 6 of every 100 Naperville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
17.1% of the town is conserved land, across 82 parks and preserves.
City in Illinois, United States
Naperville (, NAY-pər-vil) is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a city southwest of Chicago located 28 miles (45 km) west of the city on the DuPage River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,540, making it the state's fourth-most populous city. Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was established by the banks of the DuPage River and was originally known as Naper's Settlement. By 1832, over 100 residents lived in Naper's Settlement. In 1839, after DuPage County was split from Cook County, Naperville became the county seat, which it remained until 1868. Beginning in the 1960s, Naperville experienced a significant population i…
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7 towns share a border with Naperville Township.
Aurora Township next door grades lower for schools (C to Naperville Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (C+ to D).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naperville Township | #115 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Lisle Township | #71 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Winfield Township | #347 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Aurora Township | #541 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Naperville | #46 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| Warrenville | #164 | A | C− | A− | A− | A− |
| Aurora | #422 | B | C− | C+ | B+ | B |
| Wheatland Township | #119 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
Naperville Township, Lisle Township, Winfield Township, Aurora Township and Wheatland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Naperville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Naperville Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #115 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
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.
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