Squaw Grove TownshipIL
A town of 2,717, settled in 1849. 74% more library visits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Squaw Grove Township a good place to live?
Squaw Grove Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 565th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 60% of the country. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $312K for a typical one and 3.4 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. On civic life, just 99 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. 27% of residents are under 18 in Squaw Grove Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%.
What makes Squaw Grove Township stand out
Where Squaw Grove Township beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Squaw Grove Township for work
Where Squaw Grove Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Squaw Grove Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Squaw Grove Township is from typical.
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Moving to Squaw Grove Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Squaw Grove 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 Squaw Grove Township.
Most of Squaw Grove Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away. Squaw Grove Township’s typical journey to work comes in at 29 minutes. Most working residents leave Squaw Grove Township for work: only 7% work in town. Employers in Squaw Grove Township shed 38 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 384.
| Squaw Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Squaw Grove Township’s public schools outperform 57% of Illinois districts
Its two schools are below. The public schools here belong to Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429. The 2 public schools in Squaw Grove Township teach 514 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckley-Big Rock Elem SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 297 | B− |
| Hinckley-Big Rock High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 217 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Squaw Grove Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For health, Squaw Grove Township earns a B
19% of Squaw Grove Township adults binge drink. Squaw Grove Township beats the Illinois average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. In Squaw Grove Township, just over a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 32% feel lonely.
| Squaw Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Squaw Grove Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Illinois overall
Four-year graduates: 32% of adults 25 and older here, 38% across Illinois. Squaw Grove Township’s midpoint age stands at 36.7 years. The share of residents in Squaw Grove Township who are 65 or older: 16%.
| Squaw Grove Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.7 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Squaw Grove Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 30.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Squaw Grove Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, Squaw Grove Township has seen 11 flood insurance claims paid out. 57% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 19%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Squaw Grove Township is conserved land
2.5 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. In Squaw Grove Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. This Illinois town has one park or preserve, 7 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Starved Rock State Park and 26 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Squaw Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi State parkStarved Rock State Park
33 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum34 mi Park & preserveMazon Creek
31 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
13 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
39 mi LandmarkSite A / Plot M Disposal SitePhoto credits
Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Site A / Plot M Disposal Site: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Squaw Grove Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Squaw Grove Township
About 6 of every 100 Squaw Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Squaw Grove Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Squaw Grove Township is one of 19 townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,717 and it contained 1,118 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1849
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Squaw Grove Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Squaw Grove Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Grove Township | #565 | C | C− | — | B | B |
| Pierce Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sandwich Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Big Rock Township | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
| Clinton Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B+ |
Big Rock Township and Clinton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Squaw Grove Township, Big Rock Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pierce Township and Sandwich Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Squaw Grove Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Squaw Grove Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Squaw Grove Township, IL a good place to live?
Squaw Grove Township grades C overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #565 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Squaw Grove Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.