Belfrey P1030315, 2009
St. Anne Township’s story
175 years in pictures
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2009.
- 1851St. Anne Township is founded
St. Anne TownshipIL
5 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Chris Light (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
1,944
2025 Census estimate · −2.8% since 2020
Median home value
$171K
Census ACS
Household income
$90K
median
Median age
51.1
years
Jobs based here
396
A commuter town
Is St. Anne Township a good place to live?
The best of St. Anne Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and walkability. St. Anne Township’s median age is 51.1 years, where Illinois’ towns sit at 40.7 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Mskoda Land and Water Reserve, at 636 acres with 2.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. St. Anne Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns. St. Anne Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes St. Anne Township stand out
Where St. Anne Township beats most towns.
A commuter town
89% of working residents leave St. Anne Township for work
Where St. Anne Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
396jobs based in St. Anne Township
11%of working residents work in town
15 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How St. Anne Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far St. Anne Township is from typical.
St.
Cost of livingTypical home $171K, 2.4 years of the Kankakee metro’s $71K median household incomeB+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.7 of 20; 3.1% of households have no car; 10.7% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB+Open →Jobs & income$90K median household income; 396 jobs based hereB−Open →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 31% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listB−Open →HealthPresence St. Marys Hospital 9.7 miles awayB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors3 miles of trails; 3% conserved landB−Open →HistoryB−Open →Civic life2.6 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to St. Anne Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Anne Township, and how to reach them.
PowerCommonwealth Edison17.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterSt Anne water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet7 providers88% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have St. Anne Township’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereKankakee County ClerkKankakee County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2026
ZIP code6096460964 100%Census 2020
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 St. Anne Township.
Schools
The schools St. Anne Township’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the St. Anne Unit District 24. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 266 | – |
| St Anne Comm High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 206 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−
Most of St. Anne Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave St. 3.1% of St. Anne Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in St. Anne Township fell to 396 in 2023, 120 fewer than in 2013.
11%work in town
| St. Anne Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In St. Anne Township11%
Kankakee13%
St. Anne9%
Chicago8%
Bradley8%
15 mi
median commute distance
396
jobs based in St. Anne Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B−
Low risk in St. Anne Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in St. Anne Township since 1979.
31risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
1
paid flood claims since 1979
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
In St. Anne Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Anne Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
24″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter20–36°
Spring39–61°
Summer61–83°
Fall43–64°
Oct 24
typical first frost
Apr 19
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsB−
Conserved land covers 3.3% of St. Anne Township
3.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. St. Anne Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
3.3%conserved
| St. Anne Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
3.3%
conserved · 642 of 19,282 acres
3.0 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mskoda Land and Water Reserve | 2.3 mi | 636 |
| 2. Kankakee Sands in Illinois | — | 636 |
| 3. St. Anne Community Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
HealthB−
St. Anne Township is less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
40% of St. Anne Township adults have high blood pressure. Anne Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 39% of St. Anne Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
49%healthier than U.S. townsB−Health Grade
| St. Anne Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
32 measures vs. Illinois
2 better22 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | St. Anne Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 66% | 60.2% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.2% | 75.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
Presence St. Marys Hospital
9.7 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Keep exploring
Everything we know about St. Anne Township
18pages on St. Anne Township
The big questions
Out and about
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of St. Anne Township
Kankakee Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Kankakee7.9 mi$5,220 in-state tuitionOlivet Nazarene UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bourbonnais11.3 mi$38,900 tuition
About 2 of every 100 St. Anne Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About St. Anne Township
Village in Illinois, United States
St. Anne (sometimes spelled Saint Anne) is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,161 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kankakee–Bourbonnais–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was founded in 1851 by Charles Chiniquy, a French-Canadian Catholic priest and law client of the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1856. He later converted to Protestant Christianity, becoming a Presbyterian Evangelical minister and a well-known temperance activist in Canada and the United States.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 664 ft
- ZIP code
- 60964
St. Anne Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with St. Anne Township.
Pembroke TownshipAroma TownshipBeaverville TownshipGaneer TownshipPapineau TownshipSt. Anne Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne Township | — | — | B+ | — | — | B− |
| Pembroke Township | — | — | A− | — | D | D |
| Aroma Township | #745 | D | B− | — | D− | C+ |
| Beaverville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ganeer Township | #726 | D | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| Papineau Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
St. Anne Township and Pembroke Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. St. Anne Township, Pembroke Township, Aroma Township and Ganeer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Beaverville Township and Papineau Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Anne Township with a neighbor →
Questions about St. Anne Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is St. Anne 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+.