Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,526, settled in 1858.
The best of Odin Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for schools. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Among 769 Illinois towns, just 1 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Odin Township. Odin Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. Odin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Odin 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 Odin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 724 in 1880, a peak of 1,849 in 1940, 935 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1917 and 3 maps from 1914 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Odin 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 Odin Township.
Its public schools are run by the Odin PSD 722 school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odin Attendance Center K-8Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 192 | D |
| Odin Attendance Center 9-12Largest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 67 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Odin Township for work: only 3% work in town. 15% of Odin Township residents live below the poverty line, above both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The median household income in Odin Township is $58,000.
| Odin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Odin Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 15% of Odin Township adults report frequent physical distress, against 13% in Illinois’ towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 16% of adults smoke cigarettes in Odin Township.
| Odin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Odin Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 13.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.1% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Odin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Odin Township’s July high is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Odin Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Odin Township
About 3 of every 100 Odin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Odin is a village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 935 at the 2020 census, down from 1,076 in 2010.
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3 towns share a border with Odin Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odin Township | — | — | A− | — | D | C |
| Salem Township | #417 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Sandoval Township | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Carrigan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Odin Township and Sandoval Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Odin Township, Salem Township and Sandoval Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Carrigan Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Odin 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−.