Patton TownshipIL
A town of 5,104.
Is Patton Township a good place to live?
Patton Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $126K, 1.9 years of the Champaign metro’s $66K median household income. It grades A− overall, 185th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns. 23% of working residents work locally in Patton Township, above both Illinois’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). On history, just 99 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Perdueville Pheasant Habitat Area, at 122 acres.
What makes Patton Township stand out
Where Patton Township beats most towns.
How Patton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Patton Township is from typical.
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Moving to Patton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Patton 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 Patton Township.
Cold waves leads a low hazard risk in Patton Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Patton Township’s schools beat 58% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by the Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10 school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, with 378 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Peterson Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 564 | B |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 378 | B+ |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High SchTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 288 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Patton Township has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in 4 of Patton Township’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Patton Township grew to 1,810 in 2023, 264 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Paxton (21%), Champaign (11%) and Urbana (7%).
| Patton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $67,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Patton Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Patton Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 0.4% of Patton Township
6.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Patton Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Patton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 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. Perdueville Pheasant Habitat Area | — | 122 |
| 2. Coady Park | 0.2 mi | 10 |
| 3. Pells Park | 0.1 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Patton Township is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,167 U.S. towns with household incomes like Patton Township’s, it is healthier than 77%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Patton Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of adults binge drink in Patton Township.
| Patton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Patton Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Patton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Patton Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Patton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Patton Township
Township in Illinois, US
Patton Township is located in Ford County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,253 and it contained 2,332 housing units. It was named Prairie City Township when established as a township in Vermilion County; its name was changed to Patton Township on September 14, 1857.
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- Area
- 61 sq mi
- Elevation
- 761 ft
Patton Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Patton Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Township | #185 | A− | A− | — | B | B |
| Button Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wall Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ludlow Township | #665 | C− | B− | — | C− | C |
| Dix Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Patton Township and Ludlow Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Button Township, Wall Township and Dix Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Patton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Patton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Patton Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Patton Township grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #185 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Is Patton 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 A−.