Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 52,830, settled in 1834.
For most people who can afford it, yes. St. Charles Township grades A overall, 146th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It has 40 miles of trail. The median household earns $128K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 92% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $410K, 4.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. St. Charles Township’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). St. Charles Township's public schools beat 90% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. Durant House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where St. Charles Township beats most towns.
11.6% of the town is conserved land, across 61 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far St. Charles Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,822 in 1860, 33,081 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1853 and 6 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Charles Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
23 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Charles 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.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Charles Township.
St. Charles Township gets more snow than almost anywhere else in Illinois, trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of Illinois.
The biggest place to walk is Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve, 375 acres with 6.7 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve | 6.7 mi | 375 |
| 2. Hickory Knolls Nature Preserve | 3.1 mi | 236 |
| 3. East Side Sports Complex | 1.9 mi | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $410K.
Its public schools are run by St Charles CUSD 303. Three of its 26 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,364 | A |
| St Charles East High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,930 | A |
| Ferson Creek SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 533 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.7% of its 20,195 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in St. Charles Township, against 17% in Illinois’ towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in St. Charles Township. Charles Township beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| St. Charles Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | St. Charles Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The St. Charles 0.1 E weather station records that 46 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, the highest of 2,880 Illinois places with climate records.
Charles Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84° and January nights drop to 15°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
St. Charles Township has about as many jobs (26,095) as working residents, but only 3,430 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave St. The median household income in St. Charles Township is $128,000. Jobs based in St. Charles Township grew to 26,095 in 2023, 2,422 more than in 2013.
| St. Charles Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 18% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 89 flood insurance claims have been paid out in St. Charles Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of St. Charles Township
About 5 of every 100 St. Charles Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
St. Charles or Saint Charles is a city in Kane and DuPage counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 33,081 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 33,482 in 2024. It lies roughly 35 miles west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64. The official city slogan is "Pride of the Fox", after the Fox River that runs through the center of town. St. Charles is part of a tri-city area along with Geneva and Batavia, all western Chicago suburbs of similar size and socioeconomic condition.
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10 towns share a border with St. Charles Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Township | #146 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Campton Township | #137 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| St. Charles | #153 | A | D | B | A | A |
| Geneva | #47 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| Geneva Township | #68 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Campton Hills | #6 | A+ | C | A+ | A | A+ |
| South Elgin | #295 | B+ | C− | B+ | B | A− |
| Wayne Township | #394 | B | D | — | B− | A |
St. Charles Township, Campton Township, Geneva Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Elgin Township and Elgin are one community, graded once. Compare St. Charles Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. St. Charles Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #146 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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