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A town of 6,781, settled in 1844.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Richmond Township grades B overall, 384th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. It has 19 miles of trail. Its schools outperform 77% of the state's. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $378K for a typical one and 4.2 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 12% of the land in Richmond Township is conserved, above both the Illinois town median (3.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Glacial Park Conservation Area, at 2,888 acres with 11.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Richmond Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Richmond Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 464 in 1880, 2,089 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1926 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richmond 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 Richmond Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glacial Park Conservation Area | 11.2 mi | 2,888 |
| 2. Elizabeth Lake Nature Preserve | 1.4 mi | 321 |
| 3. Thelen Park | 0.5 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Nippersink SD 2. Its three schools are below. The largest public high school is Richmond-Burton High School, with 521 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 407 | B+ |
| Richmond-Burton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 521 | A− |
| Nippersink Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 377 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Richmond Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 31% of Richmond Township adults sleep under 7 hours, where Illinois’ towns sit at 35% and U.S. towns at 36%. 18% of adults binge drink in Richmond Township.
| Richmond Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Richmond Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.4% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Richmond Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Richmond Township has about as many jobs (3,237) as working residents, but only 266 people both live and work here. 25.5% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Richmond Township for work: only 8% work in town. Richmond Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Richmond Township has lost 187 jobs, to 3,237 in 2023.
| Richmond Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 35 to 64 are 34% of residents (39% statewide); people 65 and older are 21% of residents (17% statewide). 39% of Richmond Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Richmond Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Richmond Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.3% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
37 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
20 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
35 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
21 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre11 mi MuseumVolo Auto MuseumSix Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond Township
About 5 of every 100 Richmond Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Richmond is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States, 65 miles northwest of Chicago. It is a commuter village within the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 2,089 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Richmond Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Township | #384 | B | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Burton Township | #207 | A− | C | — | A− | A− |
| Hebron Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
Hebron Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Richmond Township, Burton Township and Hebron Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richmond Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Richmond Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #384 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
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