Putman TownshipIL
A town of 1,907.
Is Putman Township a good place to live?
Putman Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A for civic life; its weakest is a C− for incomes. Putman Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Putman Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
92% of working residents leave Putman Township for work
Where Putman Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Putman Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Putman Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Putman Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Putman 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 Putman Township.
Putman Township’s schools rank behind 82% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by CUSD 3 Fulton County.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 188 | B |
| Cuba Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 118 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Putman Township is less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns
Putman Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 41% of adults have high blood pressure in Putman Township, above both Illinois’ towns (35%) and U.S. towns (35%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Putman Township.
| Putman Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Putman Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.3% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Putman Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Putman Township for work: only 8% work in town. 14% of Putman Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Canton (19%), Peoria (10%) and Cuba (8%).
| Putman Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Putman Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Putman Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Putman Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Putman Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Putman Township
About 6 of every 100 Putman Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Putman Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Putman Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,967 and it contained 935 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 607 ft
Putman Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Putman Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putman Township | — | — | A− | — | C− | C− |
| Joshua Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buckheart Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Cass Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewistown Township | #591 | C | A | — | D | C |
| Bernadotte Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Putman Township and Buckheart Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Putman Township, Buckheart Township and Lewistown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Joshua Township, Cass Township and Bernadotte Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Putman Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Putman Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Putman 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−.