Timber TownshipIL
A town of 2,234, settled in 1846.
Is Timber Township a good place to live?
The best of Timber Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Timber Township’s median rent is $676 a month, below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 12% of the land in Timber Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Illinois’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Banner Marsh, at 2,841 acres. Timber Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
94% of working residents leave Timber Township for work
Where Timber Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Timber Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Timber Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Timber Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Timber 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 Timber Township.
Most of Timber Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
In Timber Township, 5.4% of workers do their job from home. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Peoria (27%), Pekin (6%) and Bartonville (5%). The median commute is under 16 miles.
| Timber Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.4% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Timber Township’s schools rank behind 74% of Illinois districts
Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by Illini Bluffs CUSD 327. The 3 public schools in Timber Township teach 855 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illini Bluffs Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 425 | C |
| Illini Bluffs High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 249 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Timber Township
A winter brings about 26 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 86°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
12.2% of the land in Timber Township is protected from building
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.4 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Banner Marsh | — | 2,841 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Timber Township is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Timber Township does better than the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 7. 15% of Timber Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Timber Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Timber Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 13.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.9% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Timber Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Timber Township is lower. 48% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 21%. Flood insurance has paid out on 11 claims in the town since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dickson Mounds and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Timber Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
11 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park16 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
38 mi MuseumCarl Sandburg State Historic Site
16 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
27 mi Theme parkSpider HillPhoto credits
Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Timber Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Timber Township
About 2 of every 100 Timber Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Timber Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Timber Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,511 and it contained 1,077 housing units.
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- Established
- 1849
- Area
- 37 sq mi
Timber Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Timber Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B |
| Spring Lake Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Orion Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Kingston Mines | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Township | #478 | B− | B | — | C− | A− |
| Hollis Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B+ |
| Banner Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Timber Township, Spring Lake Township, Orion Township and Hollis Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Timber Township, Spring Lake Township, Orion Township, Logan Township and Hollis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Kingston Mines and Banner Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Timber Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Timber Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Timber 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+.