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Public schools that outperform most of Illinois. Some 8,856 people live in this town, in Illinois.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Where it does best is schools (A) — its schools rank ahead of 94% of Illinois towns. Incomes are a strength too (A): the median household earns $117K. A typical home there costs about $263K, 3.7 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. What counts against it is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Overall, that makes an A−, better than just over four fifths of U.S. towns. That places it 214th of 767 in Illinois.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Where Worth Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Germantown Hills Elementary Sch | PK–4 | 439 |
| Germantown Hills Middle School | 5–8 | 374 |
| ROE 53 Academy | 9–12 | — |
| Widest gap | Worth Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 15.9% |
Where Worth Township’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 Worth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 240 in 1920, 10,970 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Worth 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Worth Township.
Worth Township has schools in the top 5% of Illinois, has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and sends most of its workers to Peoria and beyond.
That grade ranks #32 of the 768 Illinois towns we grade for schools.
Below: Three of its 6 schools, each with why it was picked. The public schools here belong to Germantown Hills SD 69. Public school enrollment in Worth Township: 813 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Hills Elementary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 439 | A+ |
| ROE 53 AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | – | – |
| Germantown Hills Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 374 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.2% of its 9,825 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 6,184 U.S. towns with household incomes like Worth Township’s, it is healthier than 70%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Worth Township: 10% of adults have diabetes, where Illinois’ towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 12%. The share of adults in Worth Township who sleep under 7 hours: 31%. 15% of adults in Worth Township report frequent mental distress; 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Worth Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Worth Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Worth Township has 676 jobs for its 3,884 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 21.3 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
In Worth Township, 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 5% of working residents stay in Worth Township for work; the rest commute out. The mean commuting time for Worth Township comes to 21 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Also worth knowing: jobs in Worth Township grew by 204 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 676.
| Worth Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $117,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Walkers can cover 9.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Black Partridge Park, 441 acres with 8.9 miles of trail. The trail network density in Worth Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Worth Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Black Partridge Park | 8.9 mi | 441 |
| 2. Big Oak Grove Park | — | 24 |
| 3. J.R. White Memorial Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 17°, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Three fifths of Worth Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 20%. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 55% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2008: 3.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Worth Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park33 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
4 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
4 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic Site
9 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical GardenWildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Worth Township
About 5 of every 100 Worth Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
4 towns share a border with Worth Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Township | #214 | A− | C+ | — | A | A |
| Spring Bay Township | #415 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Partridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metamora Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | #43 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
Worth Township, Spring Bay Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Partridge Township and Metamora Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Worth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Worth Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #214 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
