Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
29% of residents are under 18 in Zion Township, above both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 5 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a lower July high than Zion Township. The biggest place to walk is North Point Marina, 218 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. We don’t grade Zion Township yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Zion Township beats most towns.
Where Zion Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 4,789 in 1910, 24,655 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Zion Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw8 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
32 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
39 mi TheatreSteppenwolf Theatre Company
29 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
38 mi Park & preserveLincoln ParkWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steppenwolf Theatre Company: victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Park: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Zion 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 Zion Township.
Zion Township’s FEMA risk score is 7 of 100. Since 1978, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Zion Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Park Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 358 | – |
| Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi SchLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,114 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
Most working residents leave Zion Township for work: only 6% work in town. 16% of Zion Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Zion Township has lost 1,586 jobs, to 4,211 in 2023.
| Zion Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Point Marina | 1.7 mi | 218 |
| 2. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park | 0.8 mi | 543 |
| 3. Hermon Park | 0.7 mi | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zion Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zion Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 25% of adults worry about having enough food in Zion Township.
| Zion Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Zion Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.5% | 17.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.3% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Zion Township
About 5 of every 100 Zion Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
City in Illinois, US
Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 24,655.
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6 towns share a border with Zion Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zion | #698 | D | C+ | C | D | C |
| Benton Township | #643 | C− | C | — | C− | C+ |
| Beach Park | #606 | C | C+ | — | D | B− |
| Wadsworth | #499 | B− | C | — | C | A |
| Newport Township | #443 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Winthrop Harbor | #553 | C+ | C | — | C | B |
Benton Township, Beach Park, Wadsworth, Newport Township and Winthrop Harbor report no FBI crime data of their own. Zion Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Zion Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Zion Township yet; the figures below are still real.
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