Rose TownshipIL
A town of 1,883.
Is Rose Township a good place to live?
The best of Rose Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools. Rose Township’s average trip to work is 11 minutes, below both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 85 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Rose Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rose Township stand out
Where Rose Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 1,392 people come to Rose Township for work
Where Rose Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rose Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Rose Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rose Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rose 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 Rose Township.
With 1.9 jobs for every working resident, Rose Township draws in 1,392 commuters
Most working residents leave Rose Township for work: only 15% work in town. Since 2013, Rose Township has lost 216 jobs, to 1,511 in 2023. At $66,000, Rose Township’s median household income is against $83,000 in Illinois’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
| Rose Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rose Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rose Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Rose Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Rose Township’s July high is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Rose Township are less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns
Rose Township beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 39% of Rose Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Rose Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rose Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.5% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Rose Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rose Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Rose Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Rose Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Rose Township is located in Shelby County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,848 and it contained 818 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 584 ft
Rose Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Rose Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Tower Hill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakewood Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shelbyville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rose Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rose Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Tower Hill Township, Lakewood Township, Shelbyville Township and Ridge Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rose Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rose Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rose 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.