Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Villa Grove’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Only 6 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 114 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do better. Henson House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Villa Grove has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Villa Grove beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Villa Grove’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 Villa Grove is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,828 in 1910, 2,472 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1966 and 3 maps from 1956 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Villa Grove, 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 Villa Grove.
The typical Villa Grove home is worth about $140,000, up 5.4% in a year, 53% below the Illinois typical home. Villa Grove’s median rent is $878 a month, below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Villa Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $878 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Villa Grove’s FEMA risk score is 92 of 100, where Illinois’ towns sit at 50 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 1979, 96 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Villa Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Villa Grove for work: only 8% work in town. Villa Grove’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Villa Grove has added 241 jobs, to 682 in 2023.
| Villa Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Villa Grove beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Villa Grove.
| Villa Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Villa Grove | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Villa Grove has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Richmond Park, at 49 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richmond Park | — | 49 |
| 2. Henson Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Villa Grove. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
17 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
28 mi GardenRobert Allerton Park
25 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
17 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
30 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace MuseumGies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Villa Grove; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Villa Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.
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