Shiloh TownshipIL
A town of 6,449.
Is Shiloh Township a good place to live?
Shiloh Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 678th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $149K, 2.4 years of the Mount Vernon area’s $63K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $70K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. Shiloh Township’s typical journey to work is 14 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 64 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns.
What makes Shiloh Township stand out
Where Shiloh Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 10,641 people come to Shiloh Township for work
Where Shiloh Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Shiloh Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Shiloh Township is from typical.
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Moving to Shiloh Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Shiloh 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 Shiloh Township.
Shiloh Township draws workers from Mount Vernon and beyond, but it has little public open land.
About half of Shiloh Township’s working residents commute to Mount Vernon
11,500 jobs are based in Shiloh Township, 4.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 13.8 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Half of commuters travel less than 5 miles. In Shiloh Township, 32% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 4,135, to 11,500. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (48%), Marion (2%) and Centralia (2%).
| Shiloh Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 32% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Shiloh Township’s schools trail 61% of Illinois districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Mount Vernon SD 80 runs its public schools. 3 public schools serve Shiloh Township, with 1,144 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Nick Osborne Primary CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 562 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Shiloh Township
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 10 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Shiloh Township is older than the Illinois average
For residents in Shiloh Township, the share who are under 18 is 20%. People 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide). Also worth knowing: 6,449 people lived in Shiloh Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.7% fewer than in 2020. 29% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 38% across Illinois.
| Shiloh Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Shiloh Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.2% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The biggest natural risk in Shiloh Township is earthquakes, at a high overall level
FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 26% to inland flooding. Shiloh Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 62 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Shiloh Township is less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Shiloh Township, 18% report frequent mental distress. CDC measures, 32 in all: Shiloh Township beats Illinois on 1 and trails on 10. In Shiloh Township, 38% of adults have high blood pressure, and 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Shiloh Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Shiloh Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Shiloh Township is conserved land
Just 0 of its 23,103 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Shiloh Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
There are 1.5 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Shiloh Township: one, of 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veteran's Memorial Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Shiloh Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Shiloh Township
About 4 of every 100 Shiloh Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Shiloh Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Shiloh Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,524 and it contained 3,316 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 453 ft
Shiloh Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Shiloh Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Township | #678 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Mount Vernon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rome Township | — | — | A | — | C | B− |
| Casner Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | B− |
| McClellan Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C+ |
Rome Township, Casner Township and McClellan Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Shiloh Township, Rome Township, Casner Township and McClellan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mount Vernon Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Shiloh Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Shiloh Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shiloh Township, IL a good place to live?
Shiloh Township grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #678 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
Is Shiloh 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−.