Wade TownshipIL
A town of 1,679.
Is Wade Township a good place to live?
The best of Wade Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 9.7% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wade Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Wade Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Wade Township for work
Where Wade Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wade Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Wade Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wade Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wade 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 Wade Township.
Wade Township’s public schools outperform 60% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Breese ESD 12. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckemeyer Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 250 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Wade Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Wade Township for work: only 3% work in town. Wade Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Wade Township has added 113 jobs, to 330 in 2023.
| Wade Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Wade Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wade Township, expect four seasons and hot summers
Wade Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Wade Township is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Wade Township are healthier than 57% of U.S. towns
Wade Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 40% of adults have obesity in Wade Township.
| Wade Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wade Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wade Township has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Wade Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wade Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beckemeyer Community Park | 1.1 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wade Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wade Township
About 3 of every 100 Wade Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Wade Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Wade Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,625 and it contained 712 housing units. The township's name changed from Beaver Township on June 1, 1874.
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- Area
- 29 sq mi
- Elevation
- 446 ft
Wade Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Wade Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Township | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| Santa Fe Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B− |
| Breese Township | #136 | A | A− | — | A− | B+ |
| Carlyle Township | #346 | B+ | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Wheatfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wade Township and Santa Fe Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wade Township, Santa Fe Township, Breese Township and Carlyle Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wheatfield Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wade Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wade Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wade Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Louis, MO-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 A.