Northville TownshipIL
A town of 7,316, settled in 1839.
Is Northville Township a good place to live?
Northville Township grades B overall, 433rd among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $104K and natural-hazard risk is low. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 66% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $273K, 3.8 years of the Ottawa area’s $72K median household income. Northville Township’s average trip to work is 43 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Somonauk Community Park, at 20 acres.
What makes Northville Township stand out
Where Northville Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Northville Township for work
Where Northville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Northville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Northville Township is from typical.
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Moving to Northville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Northville 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 Northville Township.
Northville Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), sends most of its workers to Sandwich and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Northville Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $336 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Northville Township’s FEMA risk score is 20 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Northville Township
Northville Township has 199 jobs for its 2,539 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 332 in 2013 to 199.
Most working residents leave Northville Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Northville Township has lost 133 jobs, to 199 in 2023. 3.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Northville Township.
| Northville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Northville Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Northville Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Northville Township is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,006 U.S. towns with household incomes like Northville Township’s, it is less healthy than 56%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Northville Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Northville Township adults binge drink.
| Northville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Northville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Northville Township is 48.4 years. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Northville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
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 ±2.9 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Northville Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.3% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Northville Township has set aside 0.2% of its land for conservation
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Northville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Somonauk Community Park | 0.1 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Northville Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Northville Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Northville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Northville Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Northville is an unincorporated community in Northville Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Northville is located on County Highway 2 and North 4325th Road. The Fox River is just south of the community, and once formed the southern boundary of the town. Canadian Benjamin Lett, known as the "Rob Roy" of Canada, lived on his family's farm in Northville, in the 1850s. He is buried at Lett Cemetery, near Northville.
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- Elevation
- 656 ft
Northville Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Northville Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northville Township | #433 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Mission Township | #602 | C | B− | — | C | B |
| Fox Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Somonauk Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Millington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adams Township | — | — | D | — | B+ | B |
| Serena Township | — | — | C | — | C | B |
| Sandwich Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fox Township, Adams Township and Serena Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Northville Township, Mission Township, Fox Township, Adams Township and Serena Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Somonauk Township, Millington and Sandwich Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Northville Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Northville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Northville Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Northville Township grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #433 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Northville 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 C.