Old Town TownshipIL
A town of 3,404.
Is Old Town Township a good place to live?
Old Town Township grades A− overall, ranked 251st of 767 in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $149K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 71% of Illinois towns. A typical home there costs about $346K, 4.3 years of the Bloomington metro’s $80K median household income. 61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Old Town Township, above both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
Old Town Township has grown 12% since 2010
3,010 counted in 2010 and 3,392 in 2020; an estimated 3,404 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 12.7% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Old Town Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Old Town Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Old Town Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Old Town 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 Old Town Township.
Old Town Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and sends most of its workers to Bloomington and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Old Town Township earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide. Against the 2,843 U.S. towns with household incomes like Old Town Township’s, it is healthier than 64%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
10% of Old Town Township adults report frequent physical distress. Old Town Township beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 16% of Old Town Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Old Town Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Old Town Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Old Town Township’s working residents work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Old Town Township has 276 jobs for its 1,572 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 442 in 2013 to 276.
0.6% of working residents work locally in Old Town Township. Jobs based in Old Town Township fell to 276 in 2023, 166 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Bloomington (49%), Normal (14%) and Peoria (3%).
| Old Town Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $149,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Old Town Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Old Town Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Old Town Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Old Town Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 22,678 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Old Town Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Old Town Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Charterwood Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Lucky Grotto | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 3. Charterwoods Farms Common Area | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Miller Park Zoo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Old Town Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
31 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
39 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum5 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation Museum
8 mi GardenFell ArboretumPhoto credits
Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
Everything we know about Old Town Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Old Town Township
About 3 of every 100 Old Town Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Old Town Township for work
Where Old Town Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Old Town Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Old Town Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Township | #251 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Bloomington | #204 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Bloomington City Township | #188 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Dawson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomington Township | #331 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A |
| Towanda Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Downs · Downs Township | — | — | C | — | A | A |
Towanda Township and Downs have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Old Town Township, Bloomington, Bloomington City Township, Bloomington Township, Towanda Township and Downs report no FBI crime data of their own. Dawson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Downs Township and Downs are one community, graded once. Compare Old Town Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Old Town Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Old Town Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Old Town Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #251 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Old Town 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+.