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A town of 2,140, settled in 1854.
Sandoval Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Only 116 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score lower on civic life. Sandoval Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sandoval 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 Sandoval Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 564 in 1880, a peak of 1,796 in 1940, 1,157 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2025 and 3 maps from 1914 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sandoval 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 Sandoval Township.
The share of adults in Sandoval Township who get no exercise outside work is 32%, above both Illinois’ towns (23%) and U.S. towns (25%). 38% of adults sleep under 7 hours locally. Only one of the 768 Illinois towns we compare has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Sandoval Township. Two figures for adults locally: 18% report frequent physical distress, 27% say their health is fair or poor.
| Sandoval Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sandoval Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.3% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 21.8% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Sandoval CUSD 501 runs its public schools. Also worth knowing: the 3 public schools in Sandoval Township teach 429 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoval Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 221 | D |
| Sandoval Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 124 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Half the trips to work are shorter than 19 miles. The share of residents in Sandoval Township who live below the poverty line is 20%, above both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Most working residents leave Sandoval Township for work: only 6% work in town. The town’s median household income stands at $55,000.
| Sandoval Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Of the losses FEMA expects in Sandoval Township, 36% come from inland flooding and 34% from earthquakes. Compared with 72% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 23°, with about 7 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.2 miles of trail. For Sandoval Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sandoval Township
About 3 of every 100 Sandoval Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Town in Illinois, United States
Sandoval is a town in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,157 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Sandoval Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoval Township | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Odin Township | — | — | A− | — | D | C |
| Centralia Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meridian Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carrigan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brookside Township | #657 | C− | A | — | C | D |
Sandoval Township and Odin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sandoval Township, Odin Township and Brookside Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Centralia Township, Meridian Township and Carrigan Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sandoval Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.