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Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roscoe Township grades B+ overall, 315th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Its schools outperform 93% of the state's. The median household earns $109K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $244K, 3.6 years of the Rockford metro’s $68K median household income. 29% of residents are under 18 in Roscoe Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. Clayton Andrews Forest Preserve, at 106 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Roscoe Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Roscoe Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Prairie Hill Elem School | PK–4 | 447 |
| Ledgewood Elem School | PK–1 | 375 |
| Stone Creek School | 2–3 | 360 |
Chicago & North Western Railway Stone Arch BridgeWhere Roscoe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Roscoe Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,070 in 1970, 10,983 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 3 maps from 1918 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roscoe 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 Roscoe Township.
Roscoe Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Its public schools are run by Kinnikinnick CCSD 131. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 596 | A |
| Prairie Hill Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 447 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 3,362 in 2013 to 4,518.
Most working residents leave Roscoe Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Roscoe Township has added 1,156 jobs, to 4,518 in 2023. 4.8% of Roscoe Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Roscoe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $109,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,330 U.S. towns with household incomes like Roscoe Township’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Roscoe Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Roscoe Township.
| Roscoe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Roscoe Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.4% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7.2 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves.
| Roscoe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clayton Andrews Forest Preserve | 2 mi | 106 |
| 2. Founders Park | 1.1 mi | 15 |
| 3. Stone Bridge Forest Preserve | 0.1 mi | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Roscoe Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 13° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Roscoe Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.5, men 40.0.
| Roscoe Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.3% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 108 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roscoe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roscoe Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
35 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
14 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
12 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
38 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
38 mi MuseumOld World WisconsinIllinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Old World Wisconsin: Bridget Bannon, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Roscoe Township
About 4 of every 100 Roscoe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Roscoe is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, along the Rock River. It is in a suburban area of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 10,983. Native American tribes originally inhabited the region. Stephen Mack, Jr. was the first white settler in the Roscoe area. He was married to Hononegah, a respected Native American woman from one of the surrounding tribes. His original outpost (c. 1830s) eventually became Macktown. William Talcott arrived to the area later and, after a disagreement with Mack, settled on the other side of the nearby river within the present village of Roscoe. Citizens who lived in Macktown would frequ…
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7 towns share a border with Roscoe Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe Township | #315 | B+ | C− | — | A | B+ |
| Harlem Township | #712 | D | C+ | — | D | B− |
| Machesney Park | #737 | D | C+ | C+ | D | C+ |
| Rockton Township | #320 | B+ | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Owen Township | #762 | D− | C | — | D | D− |
| Roscoe | #314 | B+ | C− | B+ | A | A− |
| Manchester Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockton | #152 | A | B− | B+ | A | B+ |
Roscoe Township, Harlem Township, Rockton Township and Owen Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Manchester Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roscoe Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roscoe Township grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #315 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−.
