Is Stookey Township a good place to live?
Stookey Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $174K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 226th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. 16% of residents are under 18 in Stookey Township, below both Illinois’ towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). The biggest park or preserve is Stookey Township Park, at 20 acres. Stookey Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
98% of working residents leave Stookey Township for work
Where Stookey Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stookey Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Stookey Township is from typical.
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Cahokia and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stookey Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
9 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
8 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
10 mi LandmarkMonks Mound
10 mi Stadium & arenaEnterprise CenterPhoto credits
Cahokia: Thank You (24 Millions ) views, CC BY 2.0 · The Dome at America's Center: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Stadium: Lee Ann Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · Gateway Arch National Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monks Mound: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enterprise Center: Haaron755, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Stookey Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stookey 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 Stookey Township.
Stookey Township has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and sends most of its workers to Belleville and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Most working residents commute out of Stookey Township
Stookey Township has 695 jobs for its 4,066 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 984 in 2013 to 695.
Most working residents leave Stookey Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Stookey Township has lost 289 jobs, to 695 in 2023. Stookey Township’s average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Stookey Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Stookey Township’s schools beat 67% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Harmony Emge SD 175. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 382 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Stookey Township stands out in Illinois and nationally, with a typical July afternoon hotter than most
The July high in Stookey Township is 89°F. Stookey Township has chilly winters and warm summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stookey Township ranks healthier than 63% of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 6.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
Stookey Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Stookey Township.
| Stookey Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Stookey Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.7% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Older than Illinois overall
23% of Stookey Township residents are 65 or older. Stookey Township has lost 4.7% of its people since 2020, down to 8,795 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Stookey Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Stookey Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.9% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conserved land covers 1% of Stookey Township
Just 170 of its 17,060 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Stookey Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Stookey Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stookey Township Park | 0.6 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Stookey Township, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Stookey Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Stookey Township
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Stookey Township
About 5 of every 100 Stookey Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Stookey Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Stookey Township is a township located in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is an unincorporated part of Belleville, Illinois located just west of downtown Belleville, for that reason it is often referred to by locals as Belleville West. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,007 and it contained 4,394 housing units. Residential homes and small businesses occupy the region along with occasional shopping centers. The township rides along Illinois Route 13 and converges with Illinois Route 15 and Illinois Route 159. The ZIP codes for the township is 62223 & 62260. The telephone area code of the township is 618.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
Stookey Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Stookey Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stookey Township | #226 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Belleville | #595 | C | B | C− | B− | C+ |
| Centreville Township | #721 | D | A− | — | D | D− |
| Cahokia Heights | — | — | C | — | D | — |
| St. Clair Township | #482 | B− | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Millstadt Township | #363 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Sugar Loaf Township | #245 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Millstadt | #218 | A− | C+ | A+ | B+ | A− |
Stookey Township, Centreville Township, Cahokia Heights, St. Clair Township, Millstadt Township and Sugar Loaf Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cahokia Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stookey Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Stookey Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stookey Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Stookey Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #226 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Is Stookey Township, IL expensive?
Louis, MO-IL metro 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.