Spring Lake TownshipIL
A town of 1,656, settled in 1849.
Is Spring Lake Township a good place to live?
The best of Spring Lake Township’s subject grades are a B+ for incomes and cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 4 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. 95% of households own their home in Spring Lake Township, above both Illinois’ towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%). The biggest park or preserve is Manito State Habitat Area, at 76 acres. Spring Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Spring Lake Township has shrunk 12% since 2010
1,887 counted in 2010 and 1,677 in 2020; an estimated 1,656 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Spring Lake Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Spring Lake Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Spring Lake Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake Township.
Most of Spring Lake Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Spring Lake Township for work: only 1% work in town. Spring Lake Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Spring Lake Township fell to 32 in 2023, 23 fewer than in 2013.
| Spring Lake Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Spring Lake Township’s schools rank behind 51% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Spring Lake CCSD 606. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 55 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Spring Lake Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spring Lake Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Spring Lake Township
Spring Lake Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 1,342 |
| 2. Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 216 |
| 3. Manito State Habitat Area | — | 76 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Spring Lake Township trails 51% of U.S. towns
Spring Lake Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 38% of Spring Lake Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Spring Lake Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Spring Lake Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.1% | 13.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.2% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Spring Lake Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Lake Township
About 2 of every 100 Spring Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Spring Lake Township for work
Where Spring Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Spring Lake Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Spring Lake Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,887 and it contained 887 housing units.
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- Established
- 1849
- Area
- 66 sq mi
Spring Lake Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Spring Lake Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Timber Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B |
| Banner Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quiver Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hollis Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B+ |
| Manito Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Kingston Mines | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liverpool Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spring Lake Township, Timber Township, Hollis Township and Manito Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Lake Township, Timber Township, Hollis Township and Manito Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Banner Township, Quiver Township, Kingston Mines and Liverpool Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Spring Lake Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Spring Lake Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring Lake 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 B+.