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Rose TownshipIL

A town of 1,883.

Population
1,883
2025 Census estimate · −1.8% since 2020
Median home value
$133K
Census ACS
Household income
$66K
median
Median age
46.4
years
Jobs based here
1,511
A job hub

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. 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.

StrongestACost of livingA−Schools

What makes Rose Township stand out

Where Rose Township beats most towns.

Jobs vs. working residents

Jobs here1,511
Residents who work813
Work
A regional job hub: more jobs per worker than 92% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023.
A job hub

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.

29% → Shelbyville Shelbyville 29% 6% → Decatur Decatur 6% 5% → Mattoon Mattoon 5% 3% → Springfield Springfield 3% 3% → Pana Pana 3% 3% → Assumption Assumption 3% Rose Township · 15% stay
1,511jobs based in Rose Township
15%of working residents work in town
25 mimedian commute distance

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 grading works

Cost of livingTypical home $133K, 1.8 years of the county’s $72K median household incomeAOpen →SchoolsBeat 83% of Illinois districts on tests and graduationA−Open →Jobs & incomeCOpen →HealthHSHS Good Shepherd Hospital 3.5 miles awayC+Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listC+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.8 of 20; 9.4% of households have no car; 2.3% of workers walk, bike or ride transitC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors1 mile of trail; 0% conserved landDOpen →HistoryC+Open →Civic life2.7 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC+Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 46.4; 14% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Rose Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Rose Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerAmeren Illinois Company16.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterShelbyville water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet10 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Rose Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsShelbyville Community Unit School District 4Which school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereShelby County ClerkShelby County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP codes62565, 62571, 6243862565 96% · 62571 2% · 62438 2%Census 2020

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.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C

With 1.9 jobs for every working resident, Rose Township draws in 1,392 commuters

Rose Township’s income of the median household stands at $66,000. Just 15% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The mean commuting time for Rose Township comes to 11 minutes, below both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Rose Township dropped by 216, to 1,511.

15%work in town
Rose TownshipIllinois townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work11 minutes26 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town15%8.3%8%
Median household income$66,000$83,000$80,000
Below the poverty line10%8.4%9.6%

Where working residents work

In Rose Township15%
Shelbyville29%
Decatur6%
Mattoon5%
Springfield3%
25 mi
median commute distance
1,511
jobs based in Rose Township
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns
Full pageRose Township’s work & commute pageOpen the page
The jobs here1,511 jobs based here · A job hubWhere people work15% work in Rose TownshipCommute times11 minutes · The average commuteHow far they goHalf commute less than 25 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+

Rose Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Compared with just over two thirds of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Rose Township is higher. 37% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 23%.

68risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
68High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesDrought
Full pageRose Township’s hazards pageOpen the page
What it facesHigh riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters8 disaster declarations · Declared for the countyGet ready1.9 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Rose Township has four seasons and pleasant summers

For Rose Township, the midsummer high is 87°F.

15″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–39°
Spring43–64°
Summer64–85°
Fall45–67°
Oct 24
typical first frost
Apr 10
typical last frost
+1.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
Full pageRose Township’s climate pageOpen the page
A year of weatherJuly highs 87°, January lows 20°Rain & snow15″ of snow a winter · 42 inches of rain and snow a yearHeating & coolingMostly a heating billThen and now+1.0° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HealthC+

Residents of Rose Township are less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns

14% of adults have diabetes in Rose Township. The town does better than the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9. The share of adults in Rose Township who report frequent physical distress is 15%, against 13% in Illinois’ towns and 14% across U.S. towns.

36%healthier than U.S. townsC+Health Grade
Rose TownshipIllinois townsU.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%
32 measures vs. Illinois
3 better20 too close to call9 worse
What stands outRose TownshipIL
Fewer uninsured adults7.5%9.9%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity10.5%13.2%
More adults with COPD9.5%6.3%
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital
3.5 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
Full pageRose Township’s health reportOpen the page
Everyday habitsMore smokersHospitals & doctors nearby3.5 miles to an ER · HSHS Good Shepherd HospitalHow adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distressEvery CDC estimateBetter than IL on 3 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

0.2%conserved
0.2%
conserved · 49 of 22,647 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Full pageRose Township’s outdoors pageOpen the page
Trail map1.2 miles of trail, mappedPick a walkPick a walkConserved land0.2% conserved · 49 acres protectedQuestions“Where can I hike in Rose Township?”

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rose Township

17pages on Rose Township
The big questions
SchoolsA−Beat 83% of IL districtsHealthC+Better than IL on 3 of 32 CDC measuresCost of livingAWork & commuteC$66K median household income · 1,511 jobs hereNatural hazardsC+FEMA risk higher than 68% of U.S. communities · inland flooding
Out and about
OutdoorsD1 mi of trails · 0% conserved landPlacesAttractions20 nearby · The Cross at the Crossroads 26 miLibraryC+Shelbyville Public LibraryColleges
The story
Town Hall & politicsClimate87° summer highs · 15″ of snow
Day to day
NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Rose Township; the nearest are

Lake Land CollegeCommunity college · Public · Mattoon26.2 mi$4,415 in-state tuitionEastern Illinois UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Charleston37.6 mi$13,679 in-state tuition

About 6 of every 100 Rose Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

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.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
36 sq mi
Elevation
584 ft

Rose Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Rose Township.

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Tower Hill TownshipLakewood TownshipShelbyville TownshipRidge TownshipTower Hill TownshipLakewood TownshipShelbyville TownshipRidge TownshipRose Township
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How the neighbors grade
TownIL rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
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.