Pilot TownshipIL
A town of 1,938. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Pilot Township a good place to live?
The best of Pilot Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Only 125 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Only 81 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Pilot Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pilot Township stand out
Where Pilot Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Pilot Township for work
Where Pilot Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pilot Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Pilot Township is from typical.
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Moving to Pilot Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pilot 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 Pilot Township.
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 31% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). At 45.6 years, Pilot Township’s median age is above both the Illinois town median (40.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Pilot Township has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 1,938 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Pilot Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.6 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Pilot Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.4% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Pilot Township’s public schools outperform 73% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Herscher CUSD 2. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Herscher High School, with 542 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herscher Intermediate SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 391 | A |
| Herscher High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 542 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Pilot Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Pilot Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Pilot Township fell to 458 in 2023, 124 fewer than in 2013. 11% of Pilot Township residents live below the poverty line, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Pilot Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Pilot Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Pilot Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Pilot Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Pilot Township are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Pilot Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 18% of adults binge drink in Pilot Township.
| Pilot Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pilot Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Pilot Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pilot Township
About 3 of every 100 Pilot Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Pilot Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Pilot Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,979 and it contained 842 housing units. It was formed from a portion of Salina Township on March 11, 1857.
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- Area
- 49 sq mi
- Elevation
- 663 ft
Pilot Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pilot Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Norton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milks Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Otto Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Limestone Township | #583 | C | B− | — | B+ | D |
Pilot Township and Otto Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pilot Township, Otto Township and Limestone Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Norton Township and Milks Grove Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pilot Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pilot Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pilot Township, IL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Pilot 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 B−.