Sangamon TownshipIL
A town of 2,533.
Is Sangamon Township a good place to live?
Sangamon Township grades B+ overall, 349th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $121K and it is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. The biggest place to walk is Lodge County Park, 462 acres with 5.5 miles of trail. Homes are expensive, about $303K for a typical one and 4.6 times the Champaign metro’s $66K median household income.
What makes Sangamon Township stand out
Where Sangamon Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Sangamon Township for work
Where Sangamon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sangamon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Sangamon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Gies Memorial Stadium and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sangamon Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
16 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
in town MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
11 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
23 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace Museum
16 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing ArtsPhoto credits
Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain
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Moving to Sangamon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sangamon 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 Sangamon Township.
Sangamon Township’s grade for health is an A−
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.9% of its 2,351 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 5,642 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sangamon Township’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
19% of adults binge drink in Sangamon Township, above both the Illinois town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 20% of Sangamon Township adults get no exercise outside work. Sangamon Township beats the Illinois average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Sangamon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sangamon Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sangamon Township’s schools rank ahead of 77% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Monticello CUSD 25. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Heath Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 270 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Sangamon Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Sangamon Township for work: only 4% work in town. Sangamon Township’s median household income is $121,000, where Illinois’ towns sit at $83,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Sangamon Township.
| Sangamon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sangamon Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Since 2008, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sangamon Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sangamon Township has set aside 2.3% of its land for conservation
9.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Sangamon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lodge County Park | 5.5 mi | 462 |
| 2. Sangamon Park | 0.7 mi | 81 |
| 3. Shady Rest Park | 0.6 mi | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Sangamon Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Sangamon Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Sangamon Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sangamon Township
About 5 of every 100 Sangamon Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Sangamon Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Sangamon Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,357 and it contained 929 housing units.
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- Area
- 47 sq mi
- Elevation
- 673 ft
Sangamon Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Sangamon Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamon Township | #349 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| Scott Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blue Ridge Township | — | — | B | — | C | B+ |
| Monticello Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Goose Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahomet Township | #332 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
Blue Ridge Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sangamon Township, Blue Ridge Township and Mahomet Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Scott Township, Monticello Township and Goose Creek Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sangamon Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sangamon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sangamon Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Sangamon Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #349 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Sangamon 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.