Olio TownshipIL
A town of 4,627. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Olio Township a good place to live?
Olio Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $146K, 2 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 190th of 767 in Illinois. On the plus side, its schools outperform 86% of the state's. 17% of residents are under 18 in Olio Township, below both Illinois’ towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). The biggest place to walk is Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve, 100 acres with 2.4 miles of trail. Olio Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 69% of U.S. towns.
What makes Olio Township stand out
Where Olio Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Davenport Elem School | PK–4 | 430 |
| Eureka Middle School | 5–8 | 436 |
| Eureka High School | 9–12 | 513 |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
How Olio Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Olio Township is from typical.
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Moving to Olio Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Olio 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 Olio Township.
Olio Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
For schools, Olio Township earns an A
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $146K.
Its public schools are run by the Eureka CUD 140 school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Eureka High School, with 513 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 436 | A |
| Eureka High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 513 | A |
| Davenport Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 430 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Olio Township ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Against the 7,645 U.S. towns with household incomes like Olio Township’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 6.3% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
Olio Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 32% of Olio Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Olio Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.3% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Olio Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Olio Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Olio Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (39% statewide). 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Olio Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Olio Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.5% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Olio Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Olio Township for work: only 16% work in town. Olio Township’s median household income is $56,000. The top destinations are Eureka (18%), Peoria (13%) and Bloomington (8%).
| Olio Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $56,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Olio Township has set aside 0.9% of its land for conservation
2.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Olio Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Olio Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve | 2.4 mi | 100 |
| 2. Eureka Lake Park | — | 23 |
| 3. Lilac Arboretum | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Olio Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Olio Township since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Miller Park Zoo and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Olio Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park19 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
9 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
9 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic Site
13 mi Theme parkSpider HillPhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Olio Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Olio Township
About 13 of every 100 Olio Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Olio Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Olio Township is located in Woodford County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,931 and it contained 1,879 housing units. The largest named community in Olio Township is the city of Eureka, the Woodford County seat.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
Olio Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Olio Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olio Township | #190 | A− | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Cruger Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Palestine Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B− |
| Montgomery Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Roanoke Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Eureka | #230 | A− | B+ | — | A | B+ |
Cruger Township, Palestine Township, Montgomery Township and Roanoke Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Olio Township, Cruger Township, Palestine Township, Montgomery Township, Roanoke Township and Eureka report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Olio Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Olio Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Olio Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Olio Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #190 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and A for schools.
Is Olio Township, IL expensive?
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 B+.