Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 131,411, settled in 1888.
Few places in the country grade higher. Schaumburg Township earns an A, 91st among Illinois's 767 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 93% of the country, its public schools beat 88% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation, and the median household earns $99K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $328K, 3.6 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Only 114 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Schaumburg Township’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both the Illinois town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Schaumburg Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Schaumburg Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Schaumburg Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 7.8% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Collins Elem School | K–6 | 789 |
| Adolph Link Elem School | K–6 | 652 |
| Hoover Math and Science Academy | K–6 | 640 |
Where Schaumburg 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 Schaumburg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 986 in 1960, 78,723 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 7 maps from 1923 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Schaumburg Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw31 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Schaumburg 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 Schaumburg Township.
Schaumburg Township draws workers from Chicago and beyond and has better schools than Elk Grove Village or any other neighbor.
The biggest place to walk is Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, 132 acres with 3 miles of trail. Trails run 30 miles in 127 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary | 3 mi | 132 |
| 2. Olympic Park | 2.5 mi | 76 |
| 3. Volkening Park | 0.9 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade is the best School Grade on its borders; Elk Grove Village (A−) is next. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $329K.
Three of the 38 schools are below, and why each made the list. The public schools here belong to Schaumburg CCSD 54. Public school enrollment in Schaumburg Township: 3,827 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Collins Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 789 | A |
| J B Conant High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,633 | A |
| Thomas Dooley Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 437 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
94,756 jobs are based in Schaumburg Township, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Schaumburg Township’s typical journey to work is 28 minutes, above both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most people who work leave Schaumburg Township to do it: just 16% work in town. Among workers here, 18% work from home. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Schaumburg Township grew to 94,756 in 2023, 8,413 more than in 2013.
| Schaumburg Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Schaumburg Township, 77% of adults had a checkup this year. For adults here, the share who have obesity is 26%.
| Schaumburg Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Schaumburg Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with obesity | 25.7% | 34% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Paid flood insurance claims here since 1979: 63. Schaumburg Township’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 24 of 100. Just over a third of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 35%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Schaumburg Township after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
By age, Schaumburg Township looks like Illinois: each broad group is within 4 points. 46% of Schaumburg Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Schaumburg Township at 131,411 residents, down 2.5% since 2020.
| Schaumburg Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.2, men 39.3.
| Schaumburg Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.9% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.8% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
12 within 15 miles of the center of Schaumburg Township
About 5 of every 100 Schaumburg Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Schaumburg ( SHAWM-burg) is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, the population was 78,723, making Schaumburg the most populous incorporated village in the United States. Schaumburg is around 26 miles (42 km) northwest of downtown Chicago and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of O'Hare International Airport. Schaumburg's transition from a rural community to a suburban city began with Alfred Campanelli's first large-scale suburban-style development in 1959 and Woodfield Mall's opening in 1971. Schaumburg is bordered by Hoffman Estates and Palatine to the north, Inverness in northwest, Streamwood to the west, Hanover Park to the southwest, Roselle …
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6 towns share a border with Schaumburg Township.
It grades higher overall than all 6 graded towns on its borders; Palatine Township (A−) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaumburg Township | #91 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Elk Grove Township | #294 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Bloomingdale Township | #265 | A− | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Hanover Township | #444 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Elk Grove Village | #303 | B+ | D | B− | A− | A |
| Palatine Township | #203 | A− | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Hanover Park | #250 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A− |
Schaumburg Township, Elk Grove Township, Bloomingdale Township, Hanover Township and Palatine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Schaumburg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Schaumburg Township grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #91 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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