Persifer TownshipIL
A town of 1,051, settled in 1849.
Is Persifer Township a good place to live?
The best of Persifer Township’s subject grades are a B+ for schools and a B for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 38% of residents are 65 or older in Persifer Township, against 19% in Illinois’ towns and 18% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 44 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $279K, 4.9 years of the Galesburg area’s $57K median household income. On the outdoors, just 86 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Spoon River State Forest, at 77 acres. Persifer Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,051 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Persifer Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Persifer Township is from typical.
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Moving to Persifer Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Persifer 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 Persifer Township.
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Persifer Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Persifer Township for work: only 1% work in town. 3.4% of Persifer Township residents live below the poverty line, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The top destinations are Galesburg (24%), Peoria (11%) and Chicago (4%).
| Persifer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Persifer Township
Persifer Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 15° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Persifer Township is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns
Persifer Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 39% of Persifer Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Persifer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Persifer Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Persifer Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.4% of Persifer Township is conserved land
2.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Persifer Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Persifer Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spoon River State Forest | — | 77 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Persifer Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Persifer Township
About 0 of every 100 Persifer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Persifer Township for work
Where Persifer Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Persifer Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Persifer Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,118 and it contained 874 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 597 ft
Questions about Persifer Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Persifer Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.