Spring Point TownshipIL
A town of 1,305, settled in 1860.
Is Spring Point Township a good place to live?
Spring Point Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. Only 43 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Spring Point Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,305 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Spring Point Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Spring Point Township is from typical.
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Moving to Spring Point Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Point 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 Point Township.
Most of Spring Point Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The share of residents in Spring Point Township who live below the poverty line: 2.2%. Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. The average trip to work locally is 36 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away.
| Spring Point Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Spring Point Township is healthier than two in three U.S. towns
Just over a tenth of Spring Point Township adults worry about having enough food, where Illinois’ towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 14%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Spring Point Township beats Illinois on 6 and trails on 4. Among adults locally, 19% binge drink.
| Spring Point Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.5% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Spring Point Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spring Point Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 21°, with about 15 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Spring Point Township, with inland flooding at the top
In Spring Point Township, the FEMA risk score is 66 of 100. 45% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 16%. The town has had one paid flood insurance claim since 1999.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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Everything we know about Spring Point Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Point Township
About 6 of every 100 Spring Point Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Spring Point Township for work
Where Spring Point Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Spring Point Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Spring Point Township is one of eight townships in Cumberland County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,332 and it contained 485 housing units.
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- Established
- 1860
- Area
- 56 sq mi
- Elevation
- 630 ft
Questions about Spring Point Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring Point 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.