Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Trash day: MondayUtica Township’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes, an A+ for civic life, and an A for history; its weakest is a C for walkability. Utica Township’s median household income is $113,000, against $83,000 in Illinois’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 32 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do better. Utica Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Spring Valley House-Sulfur Springs Hotel. Utica Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Utica Township beats most towns.
Spring Valley House-Sulfur Springs HotelWhere Utica Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Utica Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 767 in 1880, 1,323 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers and 4 maps from 1892 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Utica 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 Utica Township.
Most working residents leave Utica Township for work: only 3% work in town. 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Utica Township, below both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Utica Township has lost 209 jobs, to 1,397 in 2023.
| Utica Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Waltham CCSD 185. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 246 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Utica Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 15° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Utica Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of adults binge drink in Utica Township.
| Utica Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Utica Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Utica Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Utica Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carey Memorial Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Utica Township
About 3 of every 100 Utica Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
2 places in Utica Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Illinois, United States
North Utica, often known as Utica, is a village in Utica Township, LaSalle County, Illinois. The population was 1,323 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. While North Utica is the proper name for the city, advertising on nearby Interstates 80 and 39 refers to the village by its original name, Utica. In addition, people who live in the area, official Interstate signage, and signs indicating the city limits all refer to the town as Utica.
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5 towns share a border with Utica Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B |
| Deer Park Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waltham Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LaSalle Township | #600 | C | B+ | — | C− | B− |
| Ottawa Township | #613 | C | B | — | C+ | C+ |
| LaSalle | #438 | B | B | A | C | C+ |
Utica Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Utica Township, LaSalle Township and Ottawa Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Deer Park Township and Waltham Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Utica Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
