Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
20% of residents live below the poverty line in Rantoul Township, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Hetitage Lake Park, at 39 acres. We don’t grade Rantoul Township yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Rantoul Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 850 in 1880, a peak of 25,562 in 1970, 12,371 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1917 and 4 maps from 1924 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rantoul Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
12 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
in town MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum
12 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
26 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
32 mi GardenRobert Allerton ParkAmerican Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rantoul 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Rantoul Township.
Its public schools are run by Rantoul City SD 137. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| J W Eater Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 477 | D |
| Rantoul Twp High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 901 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Rantoul Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Rantoul Township for work: only 17% work in town. At 19 minutes, Rantoul Township’s average trip to work is where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Rantoul Township’s median household income is $51,000.
| Rantoul Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rantoul Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Rantoul Township.
| Rantoul Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rantoul Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.6% | 10.3% |
| More smokers | 16.6% | 12.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hetitage Lake Park | 0.7 mi | 39 |
| 2. Wabash Park | — | 21 |
| 3. Bill Seeber Memorial Soccer Complex | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rantoul Township
About 5 of every 100 Rantoul Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Rantoul is a village in northern Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,371 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Rantoul Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rantoul Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ludlow Township | #665 | C− | B− | — | C− | C |
| Condit Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Compromise Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Somer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Compromise Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Ludlow Township and Compromise Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rantoul Township, Condit Township and Somer Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rantoul Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Rantoul Township yet; the figures below are still real.
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