Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Okawville Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 94 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Okawville Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 68% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 18 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. Okawville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Okawville Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Okawville Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 482 in 1880, 1,369 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 4 maps from 1910 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Okawville 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 Okawville Township.
In Okawville Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 79 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 30% come from inland flooding and 29% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the West Washington Co CUD 10 school district. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. 2 public schools serve Okawville Township, with 521 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okawville Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 297 | A− |
| Okawville Jr/Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 224 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Okawville Township’s July high stands at 88°F, against 84°F in Illinois’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults in Okawville Township, the share who worry about having enough food is 11%. Of 32 CDC measures, Okawville Township beats the Illinois average on 5 and trails it on 4. Okawville Township: 19% of adults binge drink, where Illinois’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 16%.
| Okawville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Okawville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
16% of working residents work locally in Okawville Township. Jobs in Okawville Township grew by 435 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 871. Also worth knowing: the mean commuting time locally is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Okawville (15%), Nashville (13%) and Belleville (6%).
| Okawville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Okawville Township: 2, covering 23 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. OCYA | — | 17 |
| 2. Okawville Community Club Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Okawville Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Okawville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Okawville is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Okawville had a population of 1,369.
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4 towns share a border with Okawville Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okawville Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | B |
| Germantown Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B |
| Venedy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plum Hill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Covington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Okawville Township and Germantown Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Okawville Township and Germantown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Venedy Township, Plum Hill Township and Covington Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Okawville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
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.