Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,998, settled in 1875.
Towanda Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 34% of residents are under 18 in Towanda Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. Duncan Manor is on the National Register of Historic Places. Towanda Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,296 counted in 2010 and 2,006 in 2020; an estimated 1,998 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Towanda Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1973.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Towanda 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 Towanda Township.
For Towanda Township, that is below both Illinois’ towns (35%) and U.S. towns (36%). Towanda Township beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.2% of adults have diabetes in Towanda Township.
| Towanda Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Towanda Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 84.9% | 87.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by McLean County USD 5. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Normal Community High School, with 2,079 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towanda Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 193 | B+ |
| Normal Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,079 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Towanda Township for work: only 1% work in town. Towanda Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes. Jobs based in Towanda Township grew to 216 in 2023, 86 more than in 2013.
| Towanda Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Towanda Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Towanda Township home is worth about $266,000, about the same as a year ago, 10% below the Illinois typical home. The median rent in Towanda Township is $943 a month.
| Towanda Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $943 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Towanda Township since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boyd-Wesley Park | — | 12 |
| 2. North Park | — | 2 |
| 3. South Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Towanda Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
37 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum39 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo5 mi MuseumPrairie Aviation Museum
7 mi GardenFell ArboretumRobert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Towanda Township
About 5 of every 100 Towanda Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Where Towanda Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Towanda is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 431 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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7 towns share a border with Towanda Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towanda Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Bloomington | #204 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Bloomington City Township | #188 | A− | B− | — | B | A− |
| Old Town Township | #251 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Normal · Normal Township | #313 | B+ | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Money Creek Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Blue Mound Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Towanda Township and Money Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Towanda Township, Bloomington, Bloomington City Township, Old Town Township and Money Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Blue Mound Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Normal Township and Normal are one community, graded once. Compare Towanda Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.3 years of the area's median household income ($79,905 across the Bloomington, 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 C.
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