York TownshipIL
What is it like to live in York Township?
York Township is a city of 128,137, and it grades A− overall, 220th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $112K. The trade-off: homes are expensive, about $397K for a typical one and 4.4 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. York Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. York Township’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both the Illinois town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest place to walk is Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve, 224 acres with 1.1 miles of trail.
What makes York Township stand out
Where York Township beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 135,708 people come to York Township for work
Where York Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How York Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far York Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 153 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around York Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw21 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
11 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaPhoto credits
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Moving to York Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in York 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 York Township.
York Township draws workers from Chicago and beyond and has less utility shut-off threats than most of Illinois.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Madison Meadow Park | 2.5 mi | 90 |
| 2. Central Park | 1.8 mi | 110 |
| 3. Mayslake Forest Preserve | 1.7 mi | 97 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, York Township’s schools beat 73% of Illinois districts
Three of its 54 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 935 | A− |
| York Comm High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,590 | A |
| Brook Forest Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 293 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
About one in six working residents works right in York Township
146,384 jobs are based in York Township, 2.4 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave York Township for work: only 18% work in town. 23% of York Township workers work from home, against 11% in Illinois’ towns and 11% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in York Township grew to 146,384 in 2023, 17,433 more than in 2013.
| York Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
York Township’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Illinois is utility shut-off threats: 4.7% of its 27,295 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 7.8% statewide.
13% of York Township adults report frequent mental distress. York Township beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of York Township adults have obesity.
| York Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | York Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in York Township
York Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in York Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 516 flood insurance claims have been paid out in York Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about York Township
Colleges nearby
18 within 15 miles of the center of York Township
About 8 of every 100 York Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About York Township
Township in Illinois, United States
York Township is one of nine townships in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 128,425 and it contained 53,543 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 712 ft
York Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with York Township.
Proviso Township next door grades lower for schools (C to York Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Township | #220 | A− | D | — | B+ | A |
| Milton Township | #121 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Downers Grove Township | #82 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Addison Township | #410 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Proviso Township | #512 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Villa Park | #292 | B+ | C | B− | B | A |
| Oak Brook | #462 | B− | D− | D− | A+ | A |
| Elmhurst | #93 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
York Township, Milton Township, Downers Grove Township, Addison Township and Proviso Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare York Township with a neighbor →
Questions about York Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is York Township, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. York Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #220 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is York Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.