Salina TownshipIL
A town of 1,208, settled in 1866. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Salina Township a good place to live?
Salina Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for schools and incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 12% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Salina Township, below both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). The typical home is worth about $207K, 2.9 years of the Kankakee metro’s $71K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Kankakee River State Park, at 54 acres. Salina Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Salina Township stand out
Where Salina Township beats most towns.
1,208 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Salina Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Salina Township is from typical.
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Moving to Salina Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salina 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 Salina Township.
On state tests, Salina Township’s schools beat 73% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Herscher CUSD 2. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonfield Grade SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–1 | Grades PK–1 | 285 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Salina Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Salina Township for work: only 1% work in town. 2.6% of Salina Township residents live below the poverty line, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Salina Township grew to 80 in 2023, 36 more than in 2013.
| Salina Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Salina Township
Salina Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Salina Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Salina Township is healthier than 54% of U.S. towns
Salina Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Salina Township.
| Salina Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Salina Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee River State Park | — | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Salina Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Salina Township
About 3 of every 100 Salina Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Salina Township has shrunk 15% since 2010
1,396 counted in 2010 and 1,223 in 2020; an estimated 1,208 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Salina Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Salina Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,223 and it contained 534 housing units. It was formed from part of Limestone Township on April 7, 1854.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 617 ft
Questions about Salina Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salina Township, IL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Salina 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 C.