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A township of 40,989 people in Will County, Illinois
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Conserved land4.8%1,097 of 22,957 acres
Trails25 mi0.7 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves2827 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Township in Illinois, United States
40,754Population
36.1 sq miArea

Homer Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,059 and it contained 13,418 housing units. In 2001, the village of Homer Glen was incorporated within area that is Homer Township. This region was formerly an unincorporated census-designated place known as Goodings Grove, Illinois.

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The public schools Homer’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#64Best public schoolsof 384 in IL
DistrictHomer CCSD 33CSchools10

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