Wethersfield TownshipIL
A town of 3,695, settled in 1839.
Is Wethersfield Township a good place to live?
Wethersfield Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $107K, 1.5 years of the Davenport metro’s $73K median household income. It grades B overall, 389th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Wethersfield Township’s average trip to work is 15 minutes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
What makes Wethersfield Township stand out
Where Wethersfield Township beats most towns.
How Wethersfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Wethersfield Township is from typical.
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Moving to Wethersfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wethersfield 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 Wethersfield Township.
On CDC estimates, Wethersfield Township is less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Wethersfield Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 15% of Wethersfield Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Wethersfield Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wethersfield Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.5% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.4% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Wethersfield Township’s schools trail 56% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Wethersfield CUSD 230. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 296 | C |
| Wethersfield Jr/Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 217 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Wethersfield Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wethersfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wethersfield Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Wethersfield Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Wethersfield Township’s working residents commute to Kewanee
Wethersfield Township has about as many jobs (1,373) as working residents, but only 209 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 14.7 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Wethersfield Township for work: only 14% work in town. Wethersfield Township’s median household income is $62,000. Jobs based in Wethersfield Township fell to 1,373 in 2023, 188 fewer than in 2013.
| Wethersfield Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $62,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wethersfield Township has set aside 0.7% of its land for conservation
2.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Wethersfield Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wethersfield Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Windmont Park | 0.4 mi | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wethersfield Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wethersfield Township; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 Wethersfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Wethersfield Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Wethersfield Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,792 and contained 1,840 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
Wethersfield Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Wethersfield Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield Township | #389 | B | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Kewanee Township | #572 | C | A | — | C | C |
| Goshen Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elmira Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Galva Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wethersfield Township and Kewanee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Goshen Township, Elmira Township and Galva Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wethersfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wethersfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wethersfield Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wethersfield Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #389 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C for health and C+ for schools.
Is Wethersfield 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 A−.