[1] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Niles Township has a total area of 21.26 square miles (55.06 km2), all land.

The Niles Township area contains ten main public school districts.

The school's athletic program offers competitive volleyball, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, track, cross country, cheerleading, and intramural sports.

Oakton's foreign language offerings include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish, as well as English as a second language, and resources exist to support students with physical, mental, emotional and behavioral disabilities.

26.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.