Wabash TownshipIL
A town of 2,056.
Is Wabash Township a good place to live?
The best of Wabash Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and health; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 1 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. 23% of residents are 65 or older in Wabash Township, above both Illinois’ towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). Wabash Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Wabash Township for work
Where Wabash Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wabash Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Wabash Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wabash Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wabash 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 Wabash Township.
Wabash Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wabash Township for work: only 2% work in town. Wabash Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Marshall (22%), Terre Haute (13%) and Casey (5%).
| Wabash Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Wabash Township are healthier than 67% of U.S. towns
Wabash Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 11% of Wabash Township adults worry about having enough food.
| Wabash Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wabash Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 13.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wabash Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Wabash Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Wabash Township has lost 2.5% of its people since 2020, down to 2,056 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Wabash Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 133 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5.5 points). Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 87% are women (IL 50%).
| Wabash Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 3.8% of Wabash Township
6.8 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Wabash Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wabash Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wabash Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Turkey Run State Park and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wabash Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park11 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
11 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
11 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
33 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillPhoto credits
Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Wabash Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wabash Township
About 1 of every 100 Wabash Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Wabash Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Wabash Township is one of fifteen townships in Clark County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,081 and it contained 966 housing units.
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- Area
- 73 sq mi
- Elevation
- 561 ft
Wabash Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Wabash Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Elbridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marshall Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Douglas Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darwin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wabash Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wabash Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Elbridge Township, Marshall Township, Douglas Township and Darwin Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wabash Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wabash Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wabash 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+.