Richwoods TownshipIL
A town of 5,771.
Is Richwoods Township a good place to live?
Richwoods Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $118K, 1.6 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades A− overall, 246th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 79% of the state's. On the plus side, 20% of its land is conserved. 20% of the land in Richwoods Township is conserved, against 3.6% in Illinois’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Richwoods Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Forest Park, at 111 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Richwoods Township stand out
Where Richwoods Township beats most towns.
4 miles of trails in Richwoods Township
19.8% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
How Richwoods Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Richwoods Township is from typical.
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Moving to Richwoods Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richwoods 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 Richwoods Township.
Richwoods Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, trades workers with Peoria and other neighbors and is one of Illinois’s best towns for the outdoors.
Richwoods Township has set aside 19.8% of its land for conservation
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #16 of 768 in Illinois.
4.3 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Richwoods Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, where Illinois’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Forest Park | 2 mi | 111 |
| 2. Forest Park South | 0.2 mi | 30 |
| 3. Hillside Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Richwoods Township earns a C− for schools
Its public schools are run by Peoria Heights CUSD 325. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Heights Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 488 | C− |
| Peoria Heights High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 215 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Residents of Richwoods Township are healthier than 72% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,939 U.S. towns with household incomes like Richwoods Township’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Richwoods Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Richwoods Township adults binge drink.
| Richwoods Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Richwoods Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Richwoods Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Richwoods Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Richwoods Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
Richwoods Township has about as many jobs (3,220) as working residents, but only 194 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 16.7 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Richwoods Township for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Richwoods Township is 17 minutes. The top destinations are Peoria (40%), Peoria Heights (7%) and East Peoria (5%).
| Richwoods Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.4% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Richwoods Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 291 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richwoods Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Illinois’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. Richwoods Township has lost 2.4% of its people since 2020, down to 5,771 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Richwoods Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41.1 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Richwoods Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Dickson Mounds and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richwoods Township. Close and well known come first.
40 mi MuseumDickson Mounds3 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
9 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park36 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
2 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
11 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HousePhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Richwoods Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Richwoods Township
About 5 of every 100 Richwoods Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Richwoods Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Richwoods Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The geographic designation is Township 9 North, Range 8 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,089 and it contained 3,048 housing units. The majority of its area is the village of Peoria Heights, Illinois.
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
Richwoods Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Richwoods Township.
Medina Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Richwoods Township’s C−) and lower for cost of living (C to A).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwoods Township | #246 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| Peoria Heights | #263 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Medina Township | #212 | A− | C | — | A | A |
| Fondulac Township | #457 | B− | B | — | C | B |
| Kickapoo Township | #336 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Spring Bay Township | #415 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B |
Richwoods Township, Peoria City Township, Peoria Heights, Medina Township, Fondulac Township, Kickapoo Township and Spring Bay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richwoods Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Richwoods Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richwoods Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Richwoods Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #246 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Richwoods 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.