RitchieIL
The town has 79 residents and lies in Illinois.
Is Ritchie a good place to live?
Of the 769 Illinois towns we compare, none has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Ritchie. Ritchie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
79 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Natural hazards: very high risk in Ritchie, mostly inland flooding
68% of Ritchie’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 16%. Compared with 82% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Ritchie’s workers commute out
Since 2013, Ritchie has lost 34 jobs, to 7 in 2023. Its typical journey to work is 31 minutes, above both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Joliet (13%), Chicago (5%) and Wilmington (4%). Half of commuters travel less than 28 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Ritchie
A winter brings about 27 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 85°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, more of Ritchie’s adults have high blood pressure
Ritchie: 15% of adults have diabetes. In Ritchie, just over two in five adults have obesity, where Illinois’ towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 35%.
| Ritchie | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Ritchie | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 15.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ritchie
Moving to Ritchie: who provides what
Ritchie is unincorporated, so Will County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
100% of working residents leave Ritchie for work
Where Ritchie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ritchie
About 0 of every 100 Ritchie residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Ritchie
Place in Illinois, United States
Ritchie is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in southern Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located along Forked Creek and Illinois Route 102, three miles southeast of the city of Wilmington in Wesley Township. As of the 2020 census, Ritchie had a population of 190. Ritchie is home to several dozen houses, the Wesley Township hall, a church, a grain elevator, and the house of the founder of Ritchie. His house is located at the eastern entry into Ritchie along Illinois Route 102. A railroad track passing through the community was dismantled in the 1990s, but the bridge that carried it over Forked Creek and Route 102 remains. Ritchie was founded by the Lea…
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