Rutland TownshipLaSalle County, IL
In Illinois, this town has 3,581 residents.
Is Rutland Township a good place to live?
Rutland Township’s overall grade is C+, better than 42% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 519th of 767 in Illinois. Hazard risk is its weak spot — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than four fifths of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Where it does best is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 70% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $226K, 3.1 years of the Ottawa area’s $72K median household income. Dayton Bluffs Preserve, at 265 acres with 7.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The town’s midpoint age is 45.6 years, above both Illinois’ towns (40.7 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools, B− for health and B− for incomes.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Rutland Township stand out
Where Rutland Township beats most towns.
How Rutland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Rutland Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history, which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C+ comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rutland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rutland 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 Rutland Township.
Rutland Township carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Rutland Township: inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $449 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2011, Rutland Township has seen 8 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 69% come from inland flooding and 19% from cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rutland Township’s schools rank behind 58% of Illinois districts
Its one school is below. 70 students attend Rutland Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 70 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Open space protected for good: 3.2% of Rutland Township
Walkers can cover 11 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Rutland Township’s trail network density comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Rutland Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dayton Bluffs Preserve | 7.5 mi | 265 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Rutland Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 15°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rutland Township has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here fell from 1,341 in 2013 to 1,063.
12% of residents live below the poverty line in Rutland Township. For most workers, Rutland Township is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Also worth knowing: this Illinois town had 1,063 jobs in 2023, down 278 from 2013. Its mean commuting time comes in at 28 minutes.
| Rutland Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Rutland Township are less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,808 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rutland Township’s, it is less healthy than 71%, so it trails even them.
17% of Rutland Township adults report frequent mental distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Rutland Township is ahead of Illinois on 1 and behind on 7. In Rutland Township, 15% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 15% smoke cigarettes.
| Rutland Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rutland Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Rutland Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rutland Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Rutland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Rutland Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Rutland Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Manlius Township (C+) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland Township | #519 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Dayton Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Fall River Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ottawa Township | #613 | C | B | — | C+ | C+ |
| Serena Township | — | — | C | — | C | B |
| Marseilles | #532 | C+ | B | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Manlius Township | #525 | C+ | B | — | B | B− |
| Ottawa | #656 | C− | B− | C+ | B− | C+ |
Dayton Township and Serena Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rutland Township, Dayton Township, Ottawa Township, Serena Township and Manlius Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fall River Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rutland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rutland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rutland Township, IL a good place to live?
Rutland Township grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #519 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Rutland Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.