Wesley TownshipIL
A town of 2,094. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Wesley Township a good place to live?
The best of Wesley Township’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 68 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. 11% of the land in Wesley Township is conserved, above both the Illinois town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Kankakee River State Park, 838 acres with 3.1 miles of trail. Wesley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wesley Township stand out
Where Wesley Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Wesley Township for work
Where Wesley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wesley Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Wesley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wesley Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wesley 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 Wesley Township.
Public schools in Wesley Township beat 82% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Wilmington CUSD 209U. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruning Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–1 | Grades PK–1 | 222 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Wesley Township faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wesley Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Wesley Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Wesley Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Wesley Township has lost 24 jobs, to 129 in 2023. The top destinations are Joliet (10%), Chicago (7%) and Wilmington (7%).
| Wesley Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wesley Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Wesley Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee River State Park | 3.1 mi | 838 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Wesley Township is less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
19% of Wesley Township adults binge drink, above both Illinois’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (16%). 39% of adults have obesity in Wesley Township.
| Wesley Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Wesley Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Indiana Dunes National Park and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wesley Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year15 mi Park & preserveMazon Creek
38 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
9 mi National forestMidewin National Tallgrass Prairie
39 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
32 mi LandmarkSite A / Plot M Disposal SitePhoto credits
Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · SeatGeek Stadium: Khvmty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Site A / Plot M Disposal Site: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Wesley Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wesley Township
About 2 of every 100 Wesley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Wesley Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Wesley Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,241 and it contained 891 housing units. Wesley Township was formed from the south-eastern part of Wilmington Township in 1846. It contains the census-designated places of Ballou, Rest Haven, and Ritchie. Wesley, Illinois was the setting for a murder in the 1966 mystery fiction book "Deadline" by Thomas B. Dewey.
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- Area
- 29 sq mi
Wesley Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Wesley Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Custer Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C+ |
| Rest Haven | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakewood Shores | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Custer Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wilmington | #371 | B | B | B− | A− | B− |
Wesley Township and Custer Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wesley Township and Custer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rest Haven, Lakewood Shores, Custer Park and Rockville Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wesley Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wesley Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wesley Township, IL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Is Wesley Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.