Shoal Creek TownshipIL
1,562 people live in this town in Illinois.
Is Shoal Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Shoal Creek Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On cost of living, just 15 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do better. Only 47 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Shoal Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Shoal Creek Township for work
Where Shoal Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Shoal Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Shoal Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Shoal Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Shoal Creek 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 Shoal Creek Township.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Shoal Creek Township than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
In Shoal Creek Township, the median household income is $67,000. Its average commute stands at 33 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Greenville (18%), Highland (7%) and Springfield (4%).
| Shoal Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Shoal Creek Township trails 66% of U.S. towns
18% of Shoal Creek Township adults binge drink, against 18% in Illinois’ towns and 16% across U.S. towns. Shoal Creek Township: two in five adults have obesity.
| Shoal Creek Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Shoal Creek Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.4% | 12.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.7% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Shoal Creek Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
The July high for Shoal Creek Township comes to 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Shoal Creek Township, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Shoal Creek Township sits above nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Shoal Creek Township break down as 37% from inland flooding and 25% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Shoal Creek Township is conserved land
5.2 miles of trail. In Shoal Creek Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Shoal Creek Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Shoal Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Shoal Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Shoal Creek Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Shoal Creek Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,610 and it contained 741 housing units.
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- Area
- 58 sq mi
- Elevation
- 531 ft
Shoal Creek Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Shoal Creek Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoal Creek Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| New Douglas Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lagrange Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C |
| Grisham Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Ripley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Walshville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shoal Creek Township and Lagrange Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Shoal Creek Township and Lagrange Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Douglas Township, Grisham Township, Old Ripley Township and Walshville Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Shoal Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Shoal Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shoal Creek Township, IL a good place to live?
1,562 people live in this town in Illinois.
Is Shoal Creek Township, IL expensive?
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+.